At the intersection of digital games, gender, and age: A participant observational study with active older women

Sergio Sayago; Josep Blat; Barbara Barbosa Neves

doi:10.1145/3383668.3419897

At the intersection of digital games, gender, and age: A participant observational study with active older women

Sergio Sayago, Josep Blat, Barbara Barbosa Neves

Sociology

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Abstract

This paper presents work-in-progress that informs a current understanding of intersectional themes (age, gender, and digital games) that are important, but under-studied, in the player-computer interaction community. This paper draws on a 4-month participant observational study of game play and interest among active older women (aged 63-83, N=14). The results show how gender and age shape digital game interest and play among the participants. For them, being an older woman now means keeping up with the times, being active and helping others. They disregarded digital games that clashed with this identity. When the digital games projected their identity, their play was fun and productive; and led to recommending the games to others. Current and future research activities are outlined.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI PLAY 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	360-364
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450375870
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3383668.3419897
Publication status	Published - 2 Nov 2020
Event	ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play 2020 - Virtual, Online, Canada Duration: 2 Nov 2020 → 4 Nov 2020 Conference number: 7th https://chiplay.acm.org/2020/ (Conference website)

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Name	CHI PLAY 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

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Conference	ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play 2020
Abbreviated title	CHI PLAY 2020
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Virtual, Online
Period	2/11/20 → 4/11/20
Internet address	https://chiplay.acm.org/2020/ (Conference website)

Keywords

Digital games
Gender
Gendered identity
Older women

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Sayago, S., Blat, J., & Barbosa Neves, B. (2020). At the intersection of digital games, gender, and age: A participant observational study with active older women. In CHI PLAY 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (pp. 360-364). (CHI PLAY 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3383668.3419897

Sayago, Sergio ; Blat, Josep ; Barbosa Neves, Barbara. / At the intersection of digital games, gender, and age : A participant observational study with active older women. CHI PLAY 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2020. pp. 360-364 (CHI PLAY 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play).

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Sayago, S, Blat, J & Barbosa Neves, B 2020, At the intersection of digital games, gender, and age: A participant observational study with active older women. in CHI PLAY 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. CHI PLAY 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 360-364, ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play 2020, Virtual, Online, Canada, 2/11/20. https://doi.org/10.1145/3383668.3419897

At the intersection of digital games, gender, and age: A participant observational study with active older women. / Sayago, Sergio; Blat, Josep; Barbosa Neves, Barbara.
CHI PLAY 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2020. p. 360-364 (CHI PLAY 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play).

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Sayago S, Blat J, Barbosa Neves B. At the intersection of digital games, gender, and age: A participant observational study with active older women. In CHI PLAY 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). 2020. p. 360-364. (CHI PLAY 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play). doi: 10.1145/3383668.3419897

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