My Avatar, My Self: Identity in Video Role-playing Games - Brossura

Waggoner, Zach

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0786441097 ISBN 13: 9780786441099

Casa editrice: McFarland Publishing, 2009

Riassunto

With videogames now one of the world s most popular diversions, the virtual world has increasing psychological influence on real-world players. This book examines the relationships between virtual and non-virtual identity in visual role-playing games. Utilizing James Gee s theoretical constructs of real-world identity, virtual-world identity, and projective identity, this research shows dynamic, varying and complex relationships between the virtual avatar and the player s sense of self and makes recommendations of terminology for future identity researchers.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Zach Waggoner has a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition from Arizona State University. He is Course Coordinator for The Writers’ Studio at Arizona State University and lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

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With videogames now one of the world's most popular diversions, the virtual world has increasing psychological influence on real-world players. This book examines the relationships between virtual and non-virtual identity in visual role-playing games. Utilizing James Gee's theoretical constructs of real-world identity, virtual-world identity, and projective identity, this research shows dynamic, varying and complex relationships between the virtual avatar and the player's sense of self and makes recommendations of terminology for future identity researchers. Features 15 photographs of videogame screens, and an appendix of sample videogame transcription data.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: McFarland Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0786441097
• ISBN 13: 9780786441099
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 208
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile