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Over the course of 17 semi-structured in-depth interviews with American and Canadian NBA 2K players and her own participant observations, Dr. Ali Forbes found that hostility toward female gamers is so prolific, female participants avoid drawing attention to themselves by speaking in a deeper voice or refusing to chat with teammates altogether. #ASU #NBA2K #sport #sports #gamers sadareed.com/single-post/i-wou

Sada Reed · 'I would pretend to be a dude': Female gamers and harassment in NBA 2KThe extent to which Dr. Ali Forbes went to prepare for her virtual ethnography of NBA 2K gamers was nothing short of impressive.She learned how to play on both the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. She watched YouTube tutorial videos. She kept a game-play journal. But there was a problem. Forbes, then-a doctoral student at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, wanted both male and female gamers for the study. But she could not find women willing
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