Indie Inclusion?: Analyzing Diversity in the Independent Video Game Industry

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dc.contributor.advisorChavez, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorKiley, Aleah
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-27T18:54:49Z
dc.date.available2016-10-27T18:54:49Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-27
dc.description.abstractResearch into mainstream (AAA) video games reveals a popularized form of militarized masculine entertainment that is synonymous with violence toward other men and sexualized violence toward women. The means of successful AAA game production are limited to those who have access to sophisticated game engines, advanced programming skills, and substantial financial backing. Consequently, a robust independent “indie” game industry has emerged to promote a greater range of game creation excluded from the AAA model. Drawing on political economic, feminist, and cultural studies approaches, this study seeks to trace the emergent trends and dynamics in the indie industry and analyzes common practices, strategies, and discursive themes of the Independent Games Festival (IGF), their hosting event, GDC, and their parent company UBM. This thesis contributes to media industry studies, game studies, and critical theory and highlights how economic logics shape social relations and influences processes of cultural change.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/20539
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregon
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.
dc.subjectDiversityen_US
dc.subjectIndependent mediaen_US
dc.subjectMedia industriesen_US
dc.subjectPolitical economyen_US
dc.subjectVideo gamesen_US
dc.subjectWomen in technologyen_US
dc.titleIndie Inclusion?: Analyzing Diversity in the Independent Video Game Industry
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineSchool of Journalism and Communication
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregon
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.S.

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