Construcción de la identidad offline y online en la interacción entre los jóvenes y los videojuegos

Abstract

This research aims to understand how identity is constructed in young adults who are immersed in a relationship of exchange with video games, taking into account that the interaction with these gives the player an online and offline state; which adopt and influence the identity in a different way for each one, and which in turn demonstrate aspects that are collectively specific to the players, which transcend to everyday life and are evidenced through the social and cultural dynamics in which the different areas of their lives are developed thus providing guidelines and patterns of their own, this has been defined as virtual identity, because they are constantly changing and adding to themselves, which becomes authentic to the person and adapts significantly to the identity of the player. This study was conducted through a qualitative research developed from a biographical-narrative methodology, with a descriptive scope, characterized through theoretical reviews and narrative interviews, we studied the way in which young people construct their identity in relation to the problem question and concluded that players do build an identity through interaction with video games although for them, Although for them it is done unconsciously through verbal and nonverbal language, symbology and coding, they evidently construct an online identity from the interaction with the video game and that additionally there are several dimensions of convergence between the two categories.