Research On The Influencing Factors Of Identity Of Online Games Players From The Perspective Of Interactive Ritual Chains

With the development of the Internet and communication technologies,the proportion of traditional face-to-face communication in daily life has been declining.The unique form of online games affects people's communication,and brings a sense of identity to them.With the development of modern society,human society provided us a facilitated life,but it also brings us identity crisis.Although online games have it own fictitiousness,it also bring some new identity recognition paths to people.As a low-cost entertainment,online games market continues to expand,the online games players immersed themselves in it because the sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.Especially the sociality and interactivity of online games affect the player's self-identity and social identity.At the same time,the problems of identity crisis and identity disorder as well as the negative impact people have on the game have caused the criticism of public opinion.The Interaction Ritual Chain theory takes the situation as the starting point,and explores that the short-term energy accumulated by people during the interactive ritual will be transformed into collective excitement under the long-term emotional effect,which will result in a sense of group solidarity and identity.This article is based on previous research,from the Interaction Ritual Chain theory,through the study of online game players,aims to explain a core issue-factors that affect player identity.The first chapter introduces the research background and research purpose and meaning;the second chapter is about the identity of online games,the factors influencing identity and the related research of Interactive Ritual Chain theory;the third chapter is the research design and method,presented seven influencing factors: demographic factors,boundary setting,interactive behaviors,emotional experiences,social capital,trust,and scenario settings,research hypotheses and the model of the player identity identification influencing factors;the fourth chapter use the SPSS software through the questionnaire data,analysing this study founding.Through the above analysis,the fifth chapter draws the conclusion of this article,and get the model of the influencing factors of player's identity.At the same time discussing the findings of the study and proposing the shortcomings of this study.Through data analysis,it is found that players' trust,social capital,scene setting,emotional experience and interaction in the game have a significant impact on the player's identity.In the demographic factors,the age factor plays a negative impact on the player's identity,that is,the player's identity increases with age.Based on the theory of Interactive Ritual Chain,according to the four major components of their interactive ceremony and the characteristics of online games,this article proposes a model of influencing factors for players ' identity,which not only expands the scope of application of Interactive Ritual Chain theory,but also enriched the player's identity research,provides new clues for the quantitative study of identities.