Women and videogames


Women and videogames: blog tasks

Work through the following blog tasks to complete our work on women in videogames and further feminist theory.

Part 1: Background reading on Gamergate

Read this Guardian article on Gamergate 10 years on. Answer the following questions:

1) What was Gamergate? 
it was a harassment campaign, to spread views against feminism and diversity in the visa game industry.

2) What is the recent controversy surrounding narrative design studio Sweet Baby Inc? 
Making game creators change the bodies of the characters in the games.

3) What does the article conclude regarding diversity in videogames?
That its become more diverse.

Part 2: Further Feminist Theory: Media Factsheet

Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) or here using your Greenford Google login. Find Media Factsheet #169 Further Feminist Theory, read the whole of the Factsheet and answer the following questions:
1) What definitions are offered by the factsheet for ‘feminism ‘and ‘patriarchy’?
Feminism-a movement which aims for equality for women – to be treated as equal to men socially, economically, and politically.
Patriarchy-male dominance in society.
2) Why did bell hooks publish her 1984 book ‘Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center’?
lack of diversity within the feminist movement, and argued that these diverse voices had been marginalised, being put outside the main body of feminism.

3) What aspects of feminism and oppression are the focus for a lot of bell hooks’s work?
intersection of race, class, gender, and sexuality, challenging the feminist tendency to treat women as a homogeneous group

4) What is intersectionality and what does hooks argue regarding this?
Intersectionality is the overlapping or intersecting social identities and systems of oppression, domination, or discrimination that create a unique whole identity. he argues that, intersectionality is crucial for understanding how various forms of oppression interact and must be considered to achieve social and political equality.

5) What did Liesbet van Zoonen conclude regarding the relationship between gender roles and the mass media?
The Liebet van Zoonen conclude hat they are heavily influence by the mass media 

6) Liesbet van Zoonen sees gender as socially constructed. What does this mean and which other media theorist we have studied does this link to?
Gender is not fixed or inherent but is an ongoing process influenced by societal, cultural, and historical contexts
7) How do feminists view women’s lifestyle magazines in different ways? Which view do you agree with?
feminists think they are presented in a fake way losing there identity and not portraying women for who they are and always have to change the in magazines.

8) In looking at the history of the colours pink and blue, van Zoonen suggests ideas gender ideas can evolve over time. Which other media theorist we have studied argues things evolve over time and do you agree that gender roles are in a process of constant change? Can you suggest examples to support your view?

9) What are the five aspects van Zoonen suggests are significant in determining the influence of the media?
-Whether the media is commercial or public.
-The platform (print vs. digital).
-Genre (e.g., drama vs. news).
-Target audience.
-The role of media in audiences’ daily lives.
10) What other media theorist can be linked to van Zoonen’s readings of the media?
Stuart hall.

11) Van Zoonen discusses ‘transmission models of communication’. She suggests women are oppressed by the dominant culture and therefore take in representations that do not reflect their view of the world. What other theory and idea (that we have studied recently) can this be linked to?

Bell hooks as it links to how intersections of gender, race, class and sexuality to create a white supremacist capitalist patriarchy.

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