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Harassment of Game Makers: Prevalence and Impact

This cross-sectional exploratory study by Rachel Kowert and Eve Crevoshay of Take This surveyed 282 video game industry professionals who completed an online survey on harassment via social media.

• Over half of surveyed industry professionals reported direct harassment on social media, and nearly all reported witnessing it happening to others.
• Participants reported threats of physical violence, with 76.9% having witnessed such threats directed at industry members.
• Identity-based discrimination was reported by 42.9% of participants as directly experienced and 81.2% as witnessed.