Sexism and League of Legends: NFR aesthetic analyses

  • Luiz Paulo Carvalho PPGI Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Claudia Cappelli Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

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Sexism is a prejudiced behavior or discrimination based on sex or gender existent in digital games environment and systems requirements can consciously, or not, enable it. In a previous work, the world's most played and disseminated online digital game presented a great number of sexism cases reported via a questionnaire referring to sexism in digital games, being highlighted as most negatively cited by respondents. This work aims to provide an understanding about this fact by analyzing the technical aspect of the non-functional aesthetic system requirements of the game to validate the presence of sexism. Concluding, sexism is present in the analyzed aspect of the game.
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16/10/2018
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CARVALHO, Luiz Paulo; CAPPELLI, Claudia. Sexism and League of Legends: NFR aesthetic analyses. In: ESCOLA REGIONAL DE SISTEMAS DE INFORMAÇÃO DO RIO DE JANEIRO (ERSI-RJ), 5. , 2018, Nova Friburgo. Anais [...]. Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação, 2018 . p. 38 - 45. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/ersirj.2018.4653.