At the edge of utopia: Gamer culture, neoliberalism and regulation of esports in Brazil
This article discusses the controversy about Senate Bill n.º 383, which deals with the regulation of esports activity in Brazil. We analyzed the repercussions and conversation about the hashtag #TodosContraPLS383, a repudiation movement organized on Twitter in November 2019, in order to compose an a...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) |
| Repository: | Revista FAMECOS: Mídia cultura e tecnologia |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/43088 |
| Online Access: | https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/revistafamecos/article/view/43088 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | esports neoliberalism gamer culture game studies neoliberalismo cultura gamer games studies |
| Summary: | This article discusses the controversy about Senate Bill n.º 383, which deals with the regulation of esports activity in Brazil. We analyzed the repercussions and conversation about the hashtag #TodosContraPLS383, a repudiation movement organized on Twitter in November 2019, in order to compose an argument that problematizes: a) the relations between the games industry and governance dimensions: b) how neoliberal discourse is assimilated by individuals within this culture. From ethnographic appropriation and using the software ATLAS.ti to collect and make sense of the data, we reconstruct a narrative that debates anti-regulation rhetoric exposing the neoliberal ideology that can be widely identified in the discourses about gamer culture. |
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