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Digital Games as a Leisure Time Activity and Gender
(İdeal Kent Yayınları, 2021) Arda, Ümmü; Kaya, Rabia; Çakır, Veli Ozan
Since 1970’s digital games have become progressively popular. It is also a leisure time activity that preferred by both men and women today. The term of ‘gender’ is usually used to refer to the cultural meanings male and female social categories in societies and also it affects men's and women's preferences. As a leisure time activity, digital games are among the preferences of both men and women and different age groups. Toy preferences that become visible in childhood toys are also seen in digital games during adolescence and adulthood. There are differentiations between men and women in terms of digital game preferences. The results of the researches show that men extremely played more violent video games than women. While male gamers prefer to participate the strategy, action and fighting genres, female gamers tend to play puzzle, social, music and dance, educational genres. In addition, there is a difference between men and women interms of their time to participate in average daily digital games. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationships between digital games and gender by examining the research on the subject. This study reviews the research literature on gender and dijital games.