标题

“这是谁的“第二人生”?“基于种族因素如何影响Ethno-Racial少数民族”虚拟世界的看法

文档类型

文章

出版日期

11 - 2011

出版来源

《网络心理学行为和社交网络》

卷号

14

问题数量

11

第一页

637年

最后一页

642年

石头

2152 - 2715

文摘

社会身份的突发事件研究表明情境线索,比如社会身份的数值表示在给定的社会环境,可以触发identity-associated威胁个人社会身份的边缘化。考虑到流行的虚拟世界(e . g。,Second Life [SL]) are often criticized for White-avatar dominance or White bias, we examined the psychological effects of the alleged White dominance in avatar-based virtual worlds by conducting two experiments in which participants read fictitious profiles of SL resident avatars. White and non-White participants were randomly assigned to view either a set of White-dominant avatar profiles or a set of racially diverse ones. After reading the profiles, participants had an opportunity to customize avatars using the SL interface. The findings of Experiment 1 (n = 59) revealed that non-White participants exposed to the White-dominant avatar profiles, when compared with those exposed to the racially diverse profiles, reported significantly lower levels of sense of belonging and intention to participate in SL. Experiment 2 (n = 64) demonstrated that non-White participants exposed to the White-dominant avatar profiles gave significantly higher estimation of the White user population within SL; the data also showed that exposure to the White-dominant avatar profiles resulted in a greater sense of limitation on skin customization among non-White participants than among White participants. The present research suggests that ethno-racial minorities, when exposed to avatar-based cues that signal White dominance, may perceive the virtual world as identity threatening, thereby feeling psychologically disconnected and detached from it. Implications regarding racial/ethnic diversity in virtual worlds are discussed.

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