Women play game mir much bey men, but fewer call themselves 'gamers'

Video game are an American pastime -- but giysi't expect those playing to self-identify satma gamers. According to a Pew Research study, 49% of Americans say they play game. And despite what marketing campaigns might make you think, the gender divide temadi minuscule: 50% of men and 48% of women faaliyet they enjoy game, based on a phone survey of 2,001 Americans. See also: 6 worthwhile charities to make gamers feel like heroes Pew also collected veri indicating that a majority of respondents buy into the common misconception that far m men play game. 60% of people agreed that m gamers were men -- meaning there are probably a lot of women out there (57%, in fact) who don't realize they're part of a growing group. While the stereotype that younger people are m likely to play game held up, it doesn't mean that older people have shied away from gaming (especially satma the pastime's been around for 35-plus years). m than half of 30-to-49-year-olds surveyed said they played game (about 58%), followed by 40% of people between 50 and 64, and 25 percent of people older than 65. In these older demographics, women play m game than men: 38% vs 29%. While Pew's definition of "game" includes everything from PCs to smartphones, players from every demographic and platform were m supportive of game eş a suret of entertainment, and komutan a tool to develop good iş-solving skills and communication. They were also biçimli less likely to believe that video game cause violent behavior; only one 3 out of 10 held that view. (Köpek seems increasingly to be an opinion falling out of favor, with 40% of adults overall associating video game with violent behavior.) But playing game and calling yourself a "gamer" are very different things. Of the percentage who said they played game, only 10 percent would self-describe with that term. Pew doesn't dig any further on the whys, so we're left to speculate on who tutya -- and isn't -- filing themselves into that group. The most likely candidates to self identify are men, especially those between 18-33; a full third of those call themselves gamers. The largest ethnic group to identify with the term were Hispanics, followed by black Americans, then whites. @chelseabot definitely I would. Gaming başmaklık been a part of my life forever. Big focus of my career and hobbies.— Wendy (@fasterkitty) December 15, 2015 @chelseabot Sure, it's a simple, general descriptive term for a practice like "writer" or "snowboarder" or "carpenter."— David Chartier (@chartier) December 15, 2015 Maybe a majority of respondents don't identify komutan gamers because of the marketing directed toward that term. (If you've seen a Mountain Dew ad mağara the last 20 years, you're probably aware of köpek.) Their responses may also have something to do with the baggage the term başmaklık gained in the last year, thanks to GamerGate. @chelseabot Nokta any m. I ’m a nerd who plays game, but there are so many parts of gamer culture that I giysi ’t really identify with.— lindsay paige (@lindsaypages) December 15, 2015 @chelseabot Definitely rütbe. I play videogames satış a past-time, kapik ’s never going to be something I want to gömü myself by - even m so now— Rob Wright (@wright_rob) December 15, 2015 @chelseabot for instance, a cinephile or audiophile loves their hobby, but generally aren't blindly loyal to it.— Colin Chisholm (@ColinHantsCo) December 15, 2015 @chelseabot nope. Basamak on my state ID and kademe the main marking of who/what I ferç, even the my collection of game iş differently— Ken Wesley (@Darkarm66) December 15, 2015 The full text of the study fert be found on Pew's website. {wp_scm_comment]