Uncovering Gender Stereotypes in Video Game Character Designs: A Multi-Modal Analysis of Honor of Kings

Autor:	Liu, Bingqing, Zhou, Kyrie Zhixuan, Zhu, Danlei, Park, Jaihyun
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	Computer Science - Human-Computer Interaction Computer Science - Computers and Society
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	In this paper, we conduct a comprehensive analysis of gender stereotypes in the character design of Honor of Kings, a popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game in China. We probe gender stereotypes through the lens of role assignments, visual designs, spoken lines, and background stories, combining qualitative analysis and text mining based on the moral foundation theory. Male heroes are commonly designed as masculine fighters with power and female heroes as feminine "ornaments" with ideal looks. We contribute with a culture-aware and multi-modal understanding of gender stereotypes in games, leveraging text-, visual-, and role-based evidence. Comment: 3rd International Conference on Natural Language Processing for Digital Humanities (NLP4DH)
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.14226 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv