Self Presentation and Blended Identity in the Everyday Virtual Life: A Case Study of Fallout 76
Faculty Sponsor(s)
Robert Owen Gardner
Subject Area
Anthropology
Description
Engagement with the online realm has become an inescapable sensation over the last few decades. Social media, blogs, chatrooms, and online video games are just a few ways in which we are actively engaged with the ever-growing online world around us. This online presence has generated new conversations about the creation of identity and the self. In this study, players within the online space Fallout 76 are examined to better formulate a contemporary understanding of the many ways in which we go about recreating the self within these spaces. Further, this study also seeks to understand the altruistic behaviors players formulate within the game and the ways in which the attempts of recreating the self help perpetuate this online community’s norms.
Recommended Citation
Sofranko, Dmitri, "Self Presentation and Blended Identity in the Everyday Virtual Life: A Case Study of Fallout 76" (2023). Linfield University Student Symposium: A Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Achievement. Event. Submission 26.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/symposium/2023/all/26
Self Presentation and Blended Identity in the Everyday Virtual Life: A Case Study of Fallout 76
Engagement with the online realm has become an inescapable sensation over the last few decades. Social media, blogs, chatrooms, and online video games are just a few ways in which we are actively engaged with the ever-growing online world around us. This online presence has generated new conversations about the creation of identity and the self. In this study, players within the online space Fallout 76 are examined to better formulate a contemporary understanding of the many ways in which we go about recreating the self within these spaces. Further, this study also seeks to understand the altruistic behaviors players formulate within the game and the ways in which the attempts of recreating the self help perpetuate this online community’s norms.
