我与另一个我:网络自我与现实自我的关系辨析

与现实自我相对,网络自我是个体在网络世界中的自我。在网络生活日益普及的今天,探讨网络自我与现实自我之间的关系具有重要意义。综合自我身份、外形及人格等方面的研究,可以得知网络自我在一定程度上是现实自我的虚拟投射,但对于一些容易受到社会评价的特征,个体会对网络自我进行适度的理想化。同时,网络平台属性以及用户个人特征都会影响网络自我与现实自我之间的关系。未来研究可以结合不同平台与场景、多种研究方法、在不同文化背景下对网络自我与现实自我之间的关系进行进一步探索。

Me and Another Me:The Relationship between Cyber Self and Actual Self

Compared with actual self in the real world,cyber self refers to the self that people present in the cyber world.Clarifying the relationship between cyber self and actual self as well as its antecedents and downstream consequences,are of great significance in understanding people's attitudes,behaviors,affective experience,and mental health both online and offline.We explored the relationship between cyber self and actual self from the aspects of identity,appearance and personality,and found that the cyber self reflects the projection of actual self in cyber space to some extent; while,cyber self,especially represented by avatar,can also be the idealized self in terms of appearance and conscientiousness,which are characteristics influenced by social evaluation.Besides,features of cyber platform(i.e.,anonymity and audience diversity),and cyber users' individual factors(i.e.,motivation,self-involvement and personality)can also influence the relationship between cyber self and actual self.Future research can further extend the research realms of the cyber self,and explore the roles that different cyber platforms,cyber contexts,social and cultural factors play in the virtual self-discrepancy.