Alison Harvey

Author: Alison Harvey

Alison Harvey is Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, where she leads the MA Media, Gender, and Social Justice. Her research and teaching focuses on issues of inclusivity and accessibility in digital culture, with an emphasis on games. She is the author of Gender, Age, and Digital Games in the Domestic Context published in 2015 by Routledge. Her forthcoming book, Feminist Media Studies, will be published by Polity Press. Her work has also appeared in a range of interdisciplinary journals, including Games & Culture, International Journal of Cultural Studies, Feminist Media Studies, Information, Communication & Society, Social Media & Society, and Studies in Social Justice.

Doing Nothing: The Pleasure and Power of Idle Media
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March 24, 2019 Alison Harvey 2 comments

Alison Harvey compares the appeal of slow and mundane Terrace House to the idle video game genre. She explores audiences’ move away from media’s demands of hyper-competitivity and self-actualization and suggests mainstream gaming increasingly includes pockets of idleness in its design.

Just Saying No: Labour, Gender, and Refusal in Twitch Streaming
Alison Harvey / University of Leicester

January 29, 2019 Alison Harvey Leave a comment

Alison Harvey contextualizes Twitch streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins’ refusal to stream with female gamers within digital culture practices and historically gendered patterns of labour.

Doing Nothing: The Pleasure and Power of Idle Media Alison Harvey / University of Leicester

Just Saying No: Labour, Gender, and Refusal in Twitch Streaming Alison Harvey / University of Leicester

Doing Nothing: The Pleasure and Power of Idle Media
Alison Harvey / University of Leicester

Just Saying No: Labour, Gender, and Refusal in Twitch Streaming
Alison Harvey / University of Leicester