TY - JOUR
T1 - Mediated Intercultural Dialectics
T2 - Identity Perceptions and Performances in Virtual Worlds
AU - Cheong, Pauline Hope
AU - Gray, Kishonna
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - As identity has a profound influence on intercultural communication, we explicate a dialectical perspective to identify multiple relationships between new media and identity perception and performance complexities within the context of multidimensional virtual worlds. These mediated intercultural dialectics include the personal-contextual, static-dynamic and privilege-disadvantage dimensions of avatar representations and interactions.
AB - As identity has a profound influence on intercultural communication, we explicate a dialectical perspective to identify multiple relationships between new media and identity perception and performance complexities within the context of multidimensional virtual worlds. These mediated intercultural dialectics include the personal-contextual, static-dynamic and privilege-disadvantage dimensions of avatar representations and interactions.
KW - Identity
KW - Mediated Intercultural Dialectics
KW - Performances
KW - Virtual Worlds
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U2 - 10.1080/17513057.2011.598047
DO - 10.1080/17513057.2011.598047
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84859368630
SN - 1751-3057
VL - 4
SP - 265
EP - 271
JO - Journal of International and Intercultural Communication
JF - Journal of International and Intercultural Communication
IS - 4
ER -