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The gendered identity of South African video arcades, games and their users.

This research investigates the gendered nature of video arcades and video games, in
relation to the perceptions and attitudes of the users to them. Video arcades are
relatively recent sites of leisure and engagement with electronic games. Very little
research (if any) in this area has been done in South Africa.
This research is concerned with both media and gender and draws on a theoretical
framework informed by poststructural understandings of gender construction and
discourse.
The research also examines users' habits and attitudes to and perceptions of the video
arcades, the games and their narrative scenarios, in relation to gendered behaviours.
As a Media Educator, these findings reinforce the researcher's belief in an urgent
need for Media Education in South African schools. / Thesis (M.Ed.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2001.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ukzn/oai:http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za:10413/5787
Date January 2001
CreatorsMostert, Jeanette Lesley.
ContributorsPrinsloo, Jeanne.
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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