Analysis Of Intercultural Interpersonal Communication Characteristics Of Players In Virtual Community Of Online Games

As an important part of China's cultural industry,online game industry has become one of the important means of intercultural communication of Chinese traditional culture.Nowadays,online games have become an important communication medium in China's intercultural communication.Online games can not only meet the needs of players for entertainment,but also highlight the rich cultural content of our country through external communication.In recent years,China's online games "go to sea" has been quite frequent,and Chinese games have a large market overseas,attracting a number of foreign players who like Chinese online games.The Great Xiu Xian Simulator is one of them,which is very influential among overseas players due to its rich Chinese cultural elements.In the online virtual community of this game,there are not only Chinese cultural elements contained in the game itself,but also frequent communication and interaction among players from different countries.Chinese traditional culture is an important part of the communication between players,so the interpersonal communication between players has becomethefocus ofthis paper.The purpose of this paper is to explore the interpersonal communication of foreign players in the virtual community through the case study of game players in the virtual community.From the perspective of communication and from the perspective of intercultural communication theory,this study mainly uses field survey,in-depth interview and literature research method to analyze the characteristics and influencing factors of intercultural interpersonal communication of foreign players in the virtual community of the game through the field survey of foreign players in the virtual community.It is concluded that the characteristics of intercultural interpersonal communication of foreign playersinthegamevirtualcommunityaremainlyinertia,dependenceandrigidity.According to the correlation of the communication characteristics of foreign gamers in virtual communities,the author proposes a model of intercultural interpersonal communication.To be specific,there are a group of deep players who are similar to "communication agents" in the interaction of foreign players in the game virtual community.They are the majority of the foreign players spreading in the virtual community.At "agents" appear in the virtual community depth satisfy the foreign players underthe condition of cross-cultural contacts the need of convenience,and by this group in consultation with the game developers,realize the game developers demand for foreign players to precise perception,so that the virtual community of cross-cultural interpersonal activity can smoothly.As deep players of "communication agents",they not only have a more accurate understanding of Chinese and Western culture,but also are loyal players of the game.They play an important role in the intercultural interpersonal communication in thevirtualcommunity.