Race & Ethnicity in Gaming
- Cultivating Virtual Stereotypes?: The Impact of Video Game Play on Racial/Ethnic Stereotypes (2014)This study demonstrates broad-based, second-order cultivation effects from video game play and provides a significant contribution to our understanding of how virtual representations of race and ethnicity may impact real-world racial and ethnic beliefs.
- Effects of Avatar Race in Violent Video Games on Racial Attitudes and Aggression (2014)Yang, G., Gibson, B., Lueke, A., Huesmann, L. and Bushman, B.
"Effects Of Avatar Race In Violent Video Games On Racial Attitudes And Aggression". Social Psychological and Personality Science 5.6 (2016): 698-704. - Do the Gender and Race of Video Game Characters Matter? The Effects of Violent Game Playing on Implicit Stereotyping and Aggressive Behavior (2012)Yang, Grace S. (2012). Do the Gender and Race of Video Game Characters Matter? The Effects of Violent Game Playing on Implicit Stereotyping and Aggressive Behavior.
- Playing with prejudice: The prevalence and consequences of racial stereotypes in video games (2011)Burgess, Melinda CR, et al. "Playing with prejudice: The prevalence and consequences of racial stereotypes in video games." Media Psychology 14.3 (2011): 289-311.
- Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game: The Racialization of Labor in World of Warcraft (2009)This article examines the racialization of informational labor in machinima about Chinese player workers in the massively multiplayer online role playing game World of Warcraft.
- Replaying Empire: Racialized Violence, Insecure Frontiers, and Displaced Terror in Contemporary Video Games (2009)Through a close reading of two video games, "Gun" and "Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2," they unpack the insecurities of empire and how racialized violence, colonial categories, and territorial claims work to resecure Whiteness, masculinity, and Americanness.
- The Power of Play: The Portrayal and Performance of Race in Video Games (2008)In this chapter, we address the following question: In what ways do young people’s interactions with video games influence how and what they learn about race?
- Blackless fantasy: The disappearance of race in massively multiplayer online role-playing games (2008)Higgin, Tanner. "Blackless fantasy: The disappearance of race in massively multiplayer online role-playing games." Games and Culture (2008).
- Live in your world, play in ours: Race, video games, and consuming the other (2003)Leonard, David. "Live in your world, play in ours: Race, video games, and consuming the other." Studies in Media & Information Literacy Education 3.4 (2003): 1-9.
Books from the Catalog
White Mythic Space: Racism, the First World War, and ›Battlefield 1‹ by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9783110729849Publication Date: 2022
U-M General Resources
- Cultural Competence Research GuideResources to help one become more aware of different cultures and get started on building competencies.
- Interracial Resources Research GuideFiction and non-fiction resources on topics relating to interracial people and relationships.
- International Studies Research GuidesResearch guides on a variety of people groups around the world.
- Indigenous Resources Research GuideHighlights resources pertaining to Indigenous Peoples. Some international content is included in this guide however; the focus is on communities Indigenous to Turtle Island (North America)
Specific Talks
- Advancing Indigenous Futurisms in GamesThis panel focuses on how Indigenous creators see their work within Indigenous Futurisms, and how this shapes their approach to game development. From Games for Change 2021.
- Arab Voices in GamesThis panel from Games for Change 2021 focuses on being Arab/Amazigh/Mena-Indigenous in the video games industry, what it entails and how to improve representation and inclusion.
- Combating Implicit Biases in Technology Through Impact StorytellingCombating Implicit Biases In Technology Through Impact Storytelling is a casual virtual discussion between Alton Glass and Elizabeth Adams that will address themes of implicit biases and data surveillance in emerging technologies found in the Games for Change Festival exhibition titled POV: Points of View.
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