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Digital gaming, sport and gender

Crawford, G

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This paper has developed out of ongoing research into the associated patterns of sport and digital gaming interests and participation. Specifically here this paper presents the major findings of a questionnaire based survey distributed to undergraduate students at Sheffield’s two universities, and a number of follow up interviews. In particular, this research finds no evidence to suggest that participating in digital gaming can have a negative affect on levels of sport participation. Moreover, it argues that for some digital gaming may increase individual’s interest and knowledge of sport, and can prove for many a popular source of conversation which can cross-cut and inform conversations on sport. However, contrary to many previous studies, this research indicates that there continues to be distinct gender differences in gaming patterns.

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Crawford, G. (2005). Digital gaming, sport and gender. Leisure Studies, 24(3), 259-270. https://doi.org/10.1080/0261436042000290317

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jul 1, 2005
Deposit Date Dec 23, 2009
Publicly Available Date Dec 23, 2009
Journal Leisure Studies
Print ISSN 0261-4367
Publisher Routledge
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 24
Issue 3
Pages 259-270
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/0261436042000290317
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0261436042000290317

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