VISUAL REVIEW. International Visual Culture Review / Revista Internacional de Cultura Visual

University students, Gender Violence, the Digital Divide and Video Games

Remedios Martínez Verdú — 2023-02-02

Since the 1960s, when numerous analyses of the culture of contemporary society, in which video games are integrated, have been carried out, they have been increasingly conceived as a cultural product, in contrast to those approaches that have tended to highlight the video game as a technological element.
From the perspective of the Frankfurt School,which coined and developed the concept of cultural industry, video games produce and reproduce certain values and ideas of modern society and are immersed in the so-called phenomenon of gamification.

Entrepreneur women and informal commerce activities in virtual organizations

Alfredo Barrales Martínez — 2023-02-02

The change of organizational models leads to new structures using technology and social networks. There are women who start informal businesses in Facebook groups with smart mobile devices, "Nenis". This phenomenon manifests three variables: organizational, communicative, and commercial.
What organizational, communicative, and commercial peculiarities do "Nenis" FaceBook groups have?
Theoretical and methodological proposals for the design of a mixed study with qualitative predominance are presented. Techniques: discourse analysis, content analysis and interview. Objective: to understand the informal commerce carried out by Mexican women entrepreneurs through Facebook groups and smart mobile devices.

Female Leadership Portraits in Commercial Movies: Gender Social Representations from the STEAM Sector

Tatiana Buelvas-Baldiris — 2023-03-15

To encourage girls and women to pursue STEAM careers, it is crucial to increase the positive representation of female role models in science. The study uses the Bechdel test and an adapted Greimas Actantial Method to analyse mainstream films. Results show that female characters are often attractive, Caucasian scientists, not mothers, and play secondary roles above all. The most represented careers were in Biology, Astronomy, and Social or Human Behavioural Sciences. Representation of women in leadership positions in the STEAM sector in commercial movies is clearly deficient.

Sound documentary, the alternative to tell the reality from a gender perspective

Paloma López Villafranca — 2023-02-02

The objective of this article is to carry out a case study of 10 documentaries from Spain and Latin America to show how the reality of women is represented. The methodology of content analysis is used through formal, content and aesthetic variables. These are personal stories of women from low social class, middle age, in rural areas, who denounce injustices related to mistreatment, exploitation or abortion, compared to historical documentaries starring women from high social class who are pioneers in their field. It is concluded that the role of the narrator influences the story, with differences in the production between Spanish and Latin American documentaries.