Video Games of the MOBA Genre and Interactions Discriminatory in a Gamer Community in Lima (#659)
Read ArticleDate of Conference
July 17-19, 2024
Published In
"Sustainable Engineering for a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Future at the Service of Education, Research, and Industry for a Society 5.0."
Location of Conference
Costa Rica
Authors
Paredes Rojas, Jinyers Lusbet
Smith Corrales, César Augusto
Abstract
The investigation shows the reality of the discriminatory interactions that manifest themselves in video games of the MOBA genre among gamers from Lima-Peru, an approach was used qualitative and as a research technique the observation of interactions between players; findings reveal a pattern distinctive in these interactions characterized by the frequent use of insults, verbal violence, cultural stigmatization and comments sexist, which show the deep-rooted presence of discriminatory interactions linked to cultural stereotypes and gender, contributing to the creation of a gaming environment healthy