Mediated Intercultural Dialectics: Identity Perceptions and Performances in Virtual Worlds

Abstract

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. © 2011 National Communication Association.