How Long to Read Gaming Masculinity

How Long Does it Take to Read Gaming Masculinity?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 31 minutes to read Gaming Masculinity by Megan Condis

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In 2016, a female videogame programmer and a female journalist were harassed viciously by anonymous male online users in what became known as GamerGate. Male gamers threatened to rape and kill both women, and the news soon made international headlines, exposing the level of abuse that many women and minorities face when participating in the predominantly male online culture. Gaming Masculinity explains how the term “gamer” has been constructed in the popular imagination by a core group of male online users in an attempt to shore up an embattled form of geeky masculinity. This latest form of toxicity comes at a moment of upheaval in gaming culture, as women, people of color, and LGBTQ individuals demand broader access and representation online. Paying close attention to the online practices of trolling and making memes, author Megan Condis demonstrates that, despite the supposedly disembodied nature of life online, performances of masculinity are still afforded privileged status in gamer culture. Even worse, she finds that these competing discourses are not just relegated to the gaming world but are creating rifts within the culture at large, as witnessed by the direct links between the GamerGate movement and the recent rise of the alt-right during the last presidential election. Condis asks what this moment can teach us about the performative, collaborative, and sometimes combative ways that American culture enacts race, gender, and sexuality. She concludes by encouraging designers and those who work in the tech industry to think about how their work might have, purposefully or not, been developed in ways that are marked by gender.

How long is Gaming Masculinity?

Gaming Masculinity by Megan Condis is 151 pages long, and a total of 37,901 words.

This makes it 51% the length of the average book. It also has 46% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Gaming Masculinity Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 27 minutes to read Gaming Masculinity aloud.

What Reading Level is Gaming Masculinity?

Gaming Masculinity is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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