Open AccessGender Differences in Video Game Play: Practices of Teenaged Players from Pakistan
Author(s) -
Aniqa Ali,
Noshina Saleem
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of peace, development and communication
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-7901
pISSN - 2663-7898
DOI - 10.36968/jpdc-v04-i02-15
Subject(s) - adventure , video game , psychology , action (physics) , game design , exploratory research , game play , video game design , advertising , social psychology , multimedia , computer science , sociology , physics , quantum mechanics , anthropology , business , operating system
The present research study aimed to examining gender differences in gaming patterns and preferences of teenage gamers in Pakistan. The gaming patterns involve frequency of game play and time spent on game play. The video game preferences were measured by exploring game genres and style(mode) in which game players mostly play. The study was quantitative and survey is conducted by using purposive research method as only game player were selected as sample from schools of Islamabad, Pakistan. The close ended questionnaire adapted from ‘Media Self Report Questionnaire’ used by Elliot (2006), Bajovic (2012) and Hodge (2019) was filled by 576 respondents. The study found that teenage girls and boys significantly differ in terms of frequency of game play and time spent on video gaming. It was found that boys mostly play in multiplayer mode and prefer to play action, role playing game and sports game genres. On the other hand girls’ prefer single player mode and adventure, action and horror game genres. The present research can be used as baseline exploratory study for future studies in the domain of video gaming.