Research investigating female gaming has begun to emerge despite gaming being
traditionally more popular with males. Research in the 21st century has drawn attention to …

The 'slick'and 'glossy'nature of the online content of the so-called 'Islamic State'(IS) and its
resultant potential attractiveness to, and resonance with, discontented 'digital natives'(ie …

Online video games can be a toxic environment for women. A survey assessed women's (N=
293) experiences with general harassment and sexual harassment in online video games …

When the Nintendo Wii was released in 2006, it ushered forward a new era of casual
gaming in which video games appealed to not just the stereotypical hardcore male gamer …

As the term “computer” and the processes and effects of technologies in human
communication broaden, there is a need to have an accounting of the computer-mediated …

In this paper, we highlight a potential privacy threat in the current smartphone platforms,
which allows any third party to collect a snapshot of installed applications without the user's …

Transgender and non-binary people manage public perceptions of their genders not only in
the material world, but also within the virtual worlds of online digital games. Game spaces …

Avatar creation is an interesting topic for both video game and social network studies.
Research has shown that the creation of avatars is influenced by individual, contextual, and …

Despite relatively equal participation rates between females and males in casual gaming,
females often report stigmatisation and prejudice towards their gaming competency within …

There is a predominance for cute characters among Japanese virtual YouTubers (VTubers).
Men who publicly use feminine avatars to conduct online entertainment are called babiniku …