Patrick Schmoll

Avatars, characters, multiple identities: observations on dissociative processes

Hybrid 2022 Michel Nachez, Patrick Schmoll 2 citations

This paper looks into the implications of avatarization regarding self-construction and self-presentation, based on personal experiences and observations conducted in a virtual world (Second Life), observations and conversations with other gamers, and an exploration of the paradoxes at play in participants’ relationships to their avatars, as well as in their relationship to other players and...