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| 「身」入戰場：遊戲化身中介下的性別經驗與主體建構 |
| Embodied Deep Into the Battlefield: Gendered Experience and Subject Construction Under the Mediation of Gaming Avatars |
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| 作者 |
宋思靜 |
| Author |
Sijing SONG |
| 關鍵詞 |
數字化身、MOBA、遊戲與性別研究、身體、物質性 |
| Keywords |
digital avatar, MOBA, gaming and gender studies, body, materialism |
| 摘要 |
多人在線戰術競技遊戲（multiplayer online battle arena, MOBA）中的女性玩家是透過數字化身的中介與遊戲及其他玩家互動，而非直接接觸。通過對《王者榮耀》的介面漫遊、參與式觀察及對玩家的深度訪談，本研究聚焦遊戲與性別研究中尚未得到充分審視的數字化身，討論其如何塑造了女玩家在遊戲中的性別經驗與主體建構。作為入口，化身將玩家接入特定遊戲環境，女玩家以不同英雄「身體」體驗多種對戰樂趣，並逐漸培養起遊戲意識與信心。作為面具，玩家藉助化身作為交互介面的有限線索進行性別操演，卻因「個人化身」與「戰鬥化身」間的數據化關聯而陷入兩難。作為中介，化身連接著軟件層面的遊戲環境與社會層面的性別秩序，並通過技術透鏡將後者折射為「鄙視鏈」的閉環，引導玩家功利化的性別實踐偏向，從而從一開始就再生產了女玩家的邊緣地位與兩難的主體建構。被寄予「顛覆」期望的數字遊戲提供了超越固定性別身分的實踐潛力，但其在深層邏輯中依舊編碼進主導性別腳本。對遊戲化身的性別研究，補充了對個體與主流性別文化如何在技術中介下相遇並互動的相關討論。 |
| Abstract |
Female multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) players interact with the game and other players through the mediation of digital avatars rather than directly. Through the walkthrough and participatory observation of Honor of Kings, as well as in-depth interviews with players, this study explores digital avatars, an underexamined topic in gaming and gender studies, analyzing their role in shaping female players’ gender experiences and subject construction. As an entrance, the avatar connects the player to a specific game environment. Female players enjoy various ways of combat through different heroes’ “bodies” and gradually cultivate gaming awareness and confidence. As a mask, it was used by the player as an interface with limited clues to practice gender performativity. However, due to the data correlation between “personal avatar” and “combat avatar,” they are caught in a dilemma. As a mediation, the avatar connects the game environment at the software level with the gender order at the social level. The latter is refracted through the technological lens as a closed loop of the “contempt chain,” guiding the player’s utilitarian gender practices, thus reproducing the female player’s marginal status and the dilemma of subject construction from the beginning. Digital games that are expected to be “subversive” offer practical potential beyond fixed gender identities, yet they are still encoded in their deep logic with the dominant gender script. Gender studies of game avatars complement discussions of how individuals and dominant gender cultures meet and interact in the mediation of technology.
本文引用格式：
宋思靜（2025）。〈「身」入戰場：遊戲化身中介下的性別經驗與主體建構〉。《傳播與社會學刊》，第73 期，頁207–236。
Citation of This Article:
Song, S. (2025). Embodied deep into the battlefield: Gendered experience and subject construction under the mediation of gaming avatars. Communication and Society, 73, 207–236. |
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