“虛擬現實”這人際傳播浪漫ICQ

Interpersonal Communication in Virtual Reality:Romantic ICQ

胡一峰(Yi-Feng Hu)

《傳播與管理研究》 3卷2期 (2004/01) Pp. 31-66

https://doi.org/10.6430/CMR.200401.0031

摘要

本研究以ICQ上陌生異性情誼為切入點，探討了虛擬現實封人際傅播的影響。研究表明，在虛擬現實的背景下，情誼關系在不同的階段呈現不同的特點。關系發展初期，因為ICQ的特性，「關心－感勤」、「想像－愛懸」、「調情－吸引」三幢模式極大地促道了人際交往，其效果根據使用者的特默而不同。關系進一步發展時，儘管電子存在、無媒介、自我揭露等因素為關系的解放提供了有利條件，但故意欺騙或耍弄、信息自我控制或選擇、性格不一致等信息失真的現象，以及使用者封ICQ持游戲的態度，可能遵致關系的隨時失落。當關系從虛擬空間轉入物理空間時，失落的可能性增大，主要原因是使用者幻想過多，期望值過高，雙方不瞭解等等。關係解體的方式比物理現實中簡單和輕易。
另外，一些利用虛擬現實特點的做法可能為個人帶來好處，卻不利於陌生人之間的進一步互動，以致關係的最終失落。這種情形頻頻發生，容易使個人對在虛擬空間發展新關係的信心產生動搖。作者暗示ICQ可能更適合用於增加熟人之間的親密度。

關鍵字

ICQ ； 人際傳播 ； 虛擬現實 ； 關係的失落 ； 關係的解放

並列摘要

By exploring the romantic relationship between ICQ users who are strangers in physical reality, this study reveals how virtual reality affects interpersonal communication. Results show that in the context of virtual reality, romantic relationship presents different characteristics at different developmental stages. In the beginning, due to features of ICQ, relationships are greatly advanced through models or ” care-move,” ”imagine-love” and ”flirt-attract,” whose effects vary according to users' attributes; as relationships move forward, although telepresence, nonmediation and self-disclosure are beneficial for relationship liberation, information distortion including intentionally cheating, information self-control or selection, and inconsistent personalities, as well as users’ joking attitudes toward ICQ, may asily lead to relationship loss; when relationships migrate from virtual space to physical environment, the possibility of relationship loss may be enhanced by high degree of illusion and expectation or low degree of familiarity with each other. The strategies of relationship disengagement are simpler and easier than in physical reality.
In addition, some traits of virtual reality that may benefit individuals can, on the contrary, weaken further communication between physical strangers, and lead to final loss of the relationship. High frequency of such phenomena will decrease one's trust on developing new relationships in virtual space. The author thus suggests that ICQ might be more useful in increasing intimacy between acquaintances.

並列關鍵字

ICQ ； interpersonal communication ； relationship lost ； relationship liberated ； virtual reality

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