Cultivation Effects of Female-Oriented Dating Sims: Players’ Parasocial Relationships, Gender Attitudes, and Romantic Beliefs in China
Year: 2019
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study tests cultivation effects of female-oriented dating simulation games on players’ gender attitudes and romantic beliefs. Additionally, the study investigates mediating effects of parasocial relationship, and conditional effects of relationship status. A survey in China with a sample size of 284 participants is utilized to test the hypotheses. This study found that game exposure relates to both parasocial relationships with game avatars and targeted characters. Game exposure also positively relates to equal gender attitudes and romantic beliefs. In addition, there are strong relationships between parasocial relationships and romantic beliefs.
Author: Jingjing Yi
Language: English
Topic: Digital Games and Media
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Syracuse University
OpenAlex ID: W2995249874