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Razing the virtual glass ceiling: Gendered economic disparity in two massive online games
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Research has consistently shown a gap between male and female income earners. Explanations have been found in social expectations and mechanisms relating to gender roles. In this paper, we investigate what happens to gendered economic disparity when those mechanisms are removed. We examine wealth creation within the virtual economies of two massivelyOmultiplayer online games (MMOs) - environments where gender cues are malleable and meritocracy trumps identity—in the first study on economic di...
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- Publication status:
- Not published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- International Communication Association Publisher's website
- Host title:
- ICA Annual Conference 2012
- Journal:
- ICA Annual Conference 2012 Journal website
- Publication date:
- 2012-05-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2012-03-01
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pubs:631641
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uuid:0ff58af7-cbc1-441d-b543-0eba57b801e4
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- pubs:631641
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631641
- Deposit date:
- 2016-07-04
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- 2012
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