Profiles and characters : evolution of the representation of the user in social networks and role-playing games

Hernandez Perez, M

Abstract

Role-playing games -along with social networks- have become the most popular
leisure activity online. This paper locates the origin of these web platforms in the
digital evolution of collaborative narratives and role-playing games. In order to do so,
it studies the evolution of the role-playing game through its different digital
adaptations and presents the evolution of other narrative forms through the
introduction of hypertext. To end up, it analyzes the image projected by the user in
these narratives, where a social network profile is considered as a character itself.

Citation

Hernandez Perez, M. (2012). Profiles and characters : evolution of the representation of the user in social networks and role-playing games. SEECI 2000 (Internet), XVI(28), 30-48. https://doi.org/10.15198/seeci.2012.28.30-48

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 19, 2012
• Publication Date: Jul 15, 2012
• Deposit Date: Jun 2, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 2, 2021
• Journal: Revista de Comunicación de la SEECI
• Print ISSN: 1575-9628
• Volume: XVI
• Issue: 28
• Pages: 30-48
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.15198/seeci.2012.28.30-48
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.15198/seeci.2012.28.30-48
• Related Public URLs: https://doi.org/10.15198/seeci.2012.28
• Additional Information: Access Information : The full-text of this article is written in Spanish. The title in Spanish is: De perfiles y personajes : evolución de la representación del usuario en las redes sociales y los juegos de rol