Identity in massively multiplayer online games

Meredith, Alex; Griffiths, Mark D.; Whitty, Monica T.

doi:10.1145/1497308.1497406

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“…More recently, multi-user online arenas have included virtual worlds such as Second Life, an example of a massively multiplayer online world (MMOW): avatars form the basis for social interaction between its members. Research efforts to understand identity as expressed in these domains continue (Meredith et al., 2008; Nowak and Rauh, 2005). The use of avatars in many games and other online applications offers users a chance to adopt personas to represent themselves online.…”

Section: Opportunities For Identity and Productionmentioning

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Digital media production and identity: Insights from a psychological perspective

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Ramsay

Boyle

2015

E-Learning and Digital Media

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The unprecedented opportunities for production and collaborative working supported by Web 2.0 technology offer immense potential for active knowledge creation. Research to date has mostly explored the demographic factors that influence production but we argue here that a more detailed understanding of the psychological determinants of online content creation is required if the potential of Web 2.0 is to be maximised. This paper outlines a psychologically driven discussion of the similarities and differences between online and offline contexts and factors that influence online content creation and identity. It demonstrates why a nuanced understanding of the factors that determine not only who produces online content, but what, how and why it is produced is essential to fully appreciate the complexity of the relationship between production and identity. We discuss how situational aspects of the online context and dispositional characteristics of users interact to determine production behaviour and highlight the importance of curation as a key skill for effective content creation and identity management. A number of challenges concerning the lack of co-presence, immediacy and durability and the importance of considering the intended audience and individual differences in practices and preferences concerning privacy are identified and we demonstrate how consideration of the psychological factors that influence online content production and identity creation can inform policy and practice concerning digital inclusion and web safety.

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Section: Opportunities For Identity and Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Digital media production and identity: Insights from a psychological perspective

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Ramsay

Boyle

2015

E-Learning and Digital Media

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“…Goffman's metaphor of theatrical performance on a stage has been widely used to explain self identity and social interactions in online environments, including online dating sites [15], social networking sites [18,31,32], blogs [20], and online games [23].…”

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Metaphors for social relationships in 3d virtual worlds

Leshed

McLeod

2012

Proceedings of the ACM 2012 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

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A number of conceptual metaphors have been previously suggested for identity management, including, for example, theatre stage, onion layers, and identity segments. Based on an analysis of 30 in-depth interviews with Second Life residents, we examine the extent to which these metaphors can be used to explain experiences of social relationships in and across virtual and material worlds. The data suggest that these metaphors are relevant to social interactions in and across virtual and material environments: individuals perform on a stage to and with others, they gradually reveal layers of themselves, and they distinguish between segments of their identity in different social situations. At the same time, these metaphors do not explain all experiences, pointing to future research on virtual environments, social relationships, and identity management.

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Identity in massively multiplayer online games

Cited by 2 publications

References 6 publications

Digital media production and identity: Insights from a psychological perspective

Digital media production and identity: Insights from a psychological perspective

Metaphors for social relationships in 3d virtual worlds

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