Keeping Abreast of Hypersexuality: A Video Game Character Content Analysis |
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Authors: | Edward Downs Stacy L. Smith |
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Affiliation: | 1. University of Minnesota, Duluth, 465 A.B. Anderson Hall, 1121 University Drive, Duluth, MN, 55812, USA 2. University of Southern California, 3502 Watt Way, ASC 222, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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Abstract: | This study examined male and female sexuality in video game characters. The top 20, best selling console (Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation2, and Nintendo GameCube) video games from the U.S. market for fiscal year 2003 were content analyzed. The 60 video games yielded a total of 489 separate characters with an identifiable sex for coding. Chi-square analyses indicated that female characters (n?=?70) were underrepresented in comparison to their male counterparts (n?=?419) as hypothesized. In comparison to male characters, females were significantly more likely to be shown partially nude, featured with an unrealistic body image, and depicted wearing sexually revealing clothing and inappropriate attire as also predicted. Implications for these findings are discussed using social cognitive theory as a theoretical anchor. |
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