Alexandra Henning, et al. “Do Stereotypic Images in Video Games Affect Attitudes and Behavior? Adolescent Perspectives.” Children, Youth and Environments, vol. 19, no. 1, 2009, pp. 170–196. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.7721/chilyoutenvi.19.1.0170.
This article outlines a study done on the affects that video game images have on adolescent attitudes and behavior. The study found that, in a week, males played games more than twice as much as females. The negative stereotypes portrayed through video games (especially as they pertain to gender roles), seemed to have less of an affect on males who played games often. Thus, males were less likely to evaluate video games in a negative way and, instead, took these stereotypes at face-value and tended not to question or critique them. This poses a problem for developing adolescents who are exposed to these stereotypes without issue.
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