This article provides an overview of contemporary research within the interdisciplinary arc of
scholarship known as digital religion studies, in which scholars explore the intersection …

The video-game industry has become a significant force in the business and entertainment
world. Video games have become so widespread and pervasive that they are now …

This book is a clear, systematic, original and lively account of how media representations
shape the way we see our and others' lives in a global age. It provides in-depth analysis of a …

Few studies have empirically examined how media stereotypes of Muslims influence
Americans' support for public policies exclusively harming Muslims. Across three studies, we …

The cover image therefore also speaks to our interest in politics, and specifically in how
protesters harness the rhetorical power of the visual to fight the powerful. To simply bemoan …

This article is about textual analysis, methodology, and representations (of bodies, identities
and social groups) in digital games. The issues under consideration include textual analysis …

In this article we offer a potential research agenda for the study of popular culture in IR and
outline how this research agenda could be advanced. If the incorporation of popular culture …

Objective: Test the effects of stereotypic video game portrayals with and without violence on
attitudes toward the stereotyped group. Method: Two experiments tested the effects of …

How culture uses games and how games use culture: an examination of Latin America's
gaming practices and the representation of the region's cultures in games. Video games are …

Direct and indirect social identity threats can influence stigmatized individuals to seek
identity management strategies that restore a positive sense of social identity. The current …