The reification of structural violence in video games

The Grand Theft Auto franchise features prominently within existing research exploring graphic, virtual, lawless, and damagingly realistic interpersonal violence within video games. Following a review of this literature, we empirically interrogate notions of the ‘realistic’ and the ‘violent’ during...

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Authors: Denham, Jack (Author) ; Hirschler, Steven A. (Author) ; Spokes, Matthew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Crime, media, culture
Year: 2021, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 85-103
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Keywords:
Deviant leisure
GTA
Structural Violence
Systemic Violence
Video Games

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