State Policy in the Field of Video Games: Approaches and Prospects


Cite item

Full Text

Abstract

The objective of the article is to identify the most pertinent approaches and prospects for state policy in the field of video games. The author’s methodological perspective includes the principles of critical discourse analysis of academic works, comparative study of case studies, and scenario techniques. The author discusses the liberal, conservative, and hybrid approaches to state video game policy. The author also underlines the difference between active and reactive video game policies. The identified approaches, issues, prospects, and aspects are updated in terms of their relevance to present Russian state policy tasks. The study also aims to define the ecumenical paradigm of state sovereignty. The importance of collaboration between the state, developer representatives, and the player community in regulating the industry and the video game market is emphasized. The author’s grasp of the political industrial phenomenon helps to describe the opportunities and risks of such contact. To better comprehend the prospects for the transition of Russian state video game policy, basic development scenarios are described.

About the authors

Sergey N. Fedorchenko

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Author for correspondence.
Email: s.n.fedorchenko@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6563-044X

Doctor of Political Sciences, Associate professor, Department of History and Theory of Politics, Faculty of Political Science

Moscow, Russian Federation

References

  1. Al-­Rawi, A. (2024). The Development of Video Game Representations of the Middle East. Games and Culture. https://doi.org/10.1177/15554120241255425. EDN: DTQRND
  2. Ashin, G.K. (1971). Doctrine of mass society. Moscow: Politizdat. (In Russian).
  3. Becerra, M., & Waisbord, S.R. (2021). The curious absence of cybernationalism in Latin America: Lessons for the study of digital sovereignty and governance. Communication and the Public, 6(1–4), 67–79. https://doi.org/10.1177/20570473211046730. EDN: JRSZPA
  4. Belov, S.I. (2021). Prospects for the Use of Video Games and the Industry of Their Production as a Tool of Memory Policy from the Point of View of Relevant Government Bodies and NGO. Political Science Issues, 11(10), 2747–2753. (In Russian). https://doi.org/10.35775/PSI.2021.74.10.007. EDN: DONIYS
  5. Beschastnov, N.N., & Egorov, K.Yu. (2023). China᾿s policy in regulating the computer games market (social and cultural aspects). Theory and practice of social development, (5), 25–30. (In Russian). https://doi.org/10.24158/tipor.2023.5.2. EDN: UJTZML
  6. Colder Carras, M., & Stavropoulos, V. et al. (2021). Draconian policy measures are unlikely to prevent disordered gaming. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 10(4), 849–853. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2021.00075. EDN: GICFWW
  7. Enzensberger, G. (2016). The Industry of Consciousness. Elements of Media Theory. Moscow: Ad Marginem Press. (In Russian).
  8. Fedorchenko, S.N. (2017). Political coding: problem statement and comparative studies of communication technologies for managing mass consciousness. Journal of Political Research, 1(3), 44–78. (In Russian). EDN: ZWHAPZ
  9. Fedorchenko, S.N. (2023). State-­civilization in the digital oikumene. Journal of Political Research, 7(1), 3–26. (In Russian). https://doi.org/10.12737/2587-6295-2023-7-1-3-26. EDN: YDIBNI
  10. Gutwenger, L. et al. (2024). Politics in Games — An Overview and Classification. 2024 IEEE Gaming, Entertainment, and Media Conference (GEM). Turin, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1109/GEM61861.2024.10585741.
  11. Huizinga, J. (2021). Homo ludens. Man playing. Translated from Dutch by D.V. Seliverstov. Saint-­Petersburg: Azbuka, Azbuka-­Attikus. (In Russian).
  12. Horkheimer, M., & Adorno, T. (2024). The cultural industry. Enlightenment as a way to deceive the masses (2nd ed.). Translated from German. Moscow: Ad Marginem Press. (In Russian).
  13. Jiang, Q.L., & Fung, A.Y. (2017). Games With a continuum: globalization, regionalization, and the nation-­state in the development of China’s online game industry. Games and Culture, 14, 801–824. https://doi.org/10.1177/1555412017737636.
  14. Kiraly, O., Griffiths, M.D. et al. (2018). Policy responses to problematic video game use: A systematic review of current measures and future possibilities. Journal of behavioral addictions, 7(3), 503–517. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.6.2017.050.
  15. Kwet, M. (2019). Digital colonialism: US empire and the new imperialism in the Global South. Race & Class. 60(4), 3–26. https://doi.org/10.1177/03063968188231.
  16. Lippmann, W. (2023). Public opinion. Translated from English by E. Abaeva. Moscow: AST. (In Russian).
  17. Mailland, J. (2024). The Game That Never Ends: How Lawyers Shape the Videogame Industry. Cambridge, London: The MIT Press. 10.7551/mitpress/13395.001.0001
  18. Melentyev M.Yu. (2022). State influence on the video game market in Russia. Creative Economy, 16(8), 3211–3224. https://doi.org/10.18334/ce.16.8.116134. EDN: FBGHII
  19. Piggott, J.A.J. (2019). The Impact of Censorship on the ‘Historical’ Video-­Game. Reinvention: an International Journal of Undergraduate, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.31273/reinvention.v12i2.360.
  20. Rastorguev, S.P. (2014). Planning and modeling of information operations. Information wars, (1), 2–10. (In Russian). EDN: RUXFYP
  21. Robertson, K. (2008). An analysis of the video game regulation harmonization effort in the European Union and its Trans-­Atlantic chilling effect on constitutionally protected expression. Boston College Intellectual Property & Technology Forum, 1–20.
  22. Robinson, N. (2012). Video games and violence: legislating on the politics of confusion. The Political Quarterly, 83(2). 414–423. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-923X.2012.02271.x.
  23. Volodenkov, S.V., Fedorchenko, S.N., Belov, S.I., & Karlyavina, E.V. (2024). The Russian political elite and power image constructing peculiarities in contemporary video games (on the Metro Exodus materials). ΠΡΑΞΗMΑ. Journal of Visual Semiotics, 2, 57–78. https://doi.org/10.23951/2312-7899-2024-2-57-78. EDN: JYOENH
  24. Xiao, L.Y. (2022). Reserve your judgment on «Draconian» Chinese video gaming restrictions on children. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 11(2), 249–255. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2022.00022. EDN: MXUTFI
  25. Zhou, X., Liao, M., Gorowska, M., & Chen, X., Li, Y. (2024). Compliance and alternative behaviors of heavy gamers in adolescents to Chinese online gaming restriction policy. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 13(2), 687–692. https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.2024.00021. EDN: LCAQVY

Supplementary files

Supplementary Files
Action
1. JATS XML
Download

Согласие на обработку персональных данных

 

Используя сайт https://journals.rcsi.science, я (далее – «Пользователь» или «Субъект персональных данных») даю согласие на обработку персональных данных на этом сайте (текст Согласия) и на обработку персональных данных с помощью сервиса «Яндекс.Метрика» (текст Согласия).