Henderson, Lynette, Eshet-Alkalai, Yoram, and Klemes, Joel (2008) Digital gaming: a comparative international study of youth leisure in a peaceful and war zone country. Eludamos: journal for computer game culture, 2 (1). pp. 73-103.

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Abstract

This paper reports an exploratory survey in Australia and Israel of the leisure habits, attitudes and preferences of 716 teenagers aged 13-14 years who are part of the international digital games culture. The rationale was threefold: (a) this age group is not singled out in other surveys; (b) examination of gaming across five platforms would contribute new insights; and (c) the premise that a comparison between eGamers in a war zone and a peaceful country would produce striking contrasts. Virtually all participants played digital games for an average of 10-12 hours per week, the majority using all gaming platforms daily. Notable country differences were identified, particularly game genre preferences but there was also commonality as digital gamers. Digital games remain “boys’ games”, with males devoting more time to playing across five game platforms than did the females who, however, demonstrated a narrowing gap. Isolation and unfitness due to digital gaming proved contrary to popular media reports even though playing digital games was one of two top-rated leisure activities across country and gender.

Item ID:	6262
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1866-6124
Keywords:	digital games; computer video games; teenagers; gender; leisure; violence
Related URLs:	http://www.eludamos.org/index.php/eludam...
Date Deposited:	19 Jan 2010 02:28
FoR Codes:	20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2002 Cultural Studies > 200212 Screen and Media Culture @ 40% 16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1604 Human Geography > 160402 Recreation, Leisure and Tourism Geography @ 40% 13 EDUCATION > 1399 Other Education > 139999 Education not elsewhere classified @ 20%
SEO Codes:	95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9501 Arts and Leisure > 950103 Recreation @ 50% 93 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 9399 Other Education and Training > 939904 Gender Aspects of Education @ 50%
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