Construcción de identidades y videojuegosAnálisis político y cultural de jugadores adolescentes de Fortnite

  1. Dunia Etura-Hernández
  2. Víctor Gutiérrez Sanz
  3. Salvador Gómez García
Journal:
Pixel-Bit: Revista de medios y educación

ISSN: 1133-8482

Year of publication: 2022

Issue: 65

Pages: 209-235

Type: Article

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Abstract

Fortnite is an online game with more than 250 million players. In this research, a study of cultural and political identities of a group of teenage Fortnite players is proposed based on their discursive manifestations. Our methodology proposes an analysis of the discursive manifestationsexpressed in a focus group to study how the game acts as a vehicle in the process of presenting identity in everyday life. This research focus in patterns of teenager’s behavior in the new digital contexts and the features of the relationship established between the players based on their different profiles. The results show how the players are ranked and related depending on the identity they build during the game. Also, this prove that the discourse studies is an important and useful tool for future research in videogames

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