Virtual territorialities. Identity, ownership and sense of belonging in multiuser online environments

Authors

  • Suely Fragoso Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Rebeca Recuero Rebs Unisinos
  • Daiani Ludmila Barth Universidade Federal de Rondônia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v5i1p211-225

Keywords:

Multi-user online environments, multi-territoriality, place, identity

Abstract

This paper discusses internet mediated communication and the contemporary rearticulation of territorial links in three types of multi-user online environments: chat rooms, social network systems and 3D graphic worlds. Interviewees spoke about creation or participation in online representations of physical places (countries, cities, public places, etc). Results confirm the existence of identity and utilitarian links to this type of virtual place and indicate the existence of multiple and complex territorial links, mostly due to the intense geographical mobility of users of online multi-user environments and, on the other, to the historical and identity constitution which differentiates virtual places from their physical counterparts.

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Author Biographies

  • Suely Fragoso, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
    Professora dos Cursos de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação e Informação, Pós-Graduação em Design e Graduação em Design da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
  • Rebeca Recuero Rebs, Unisinos
    Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Comunicação da Unisinos. Bolsista CAPES.
  • Daiani Ludmila Barth, Universidade Federal de Rondônia
    Professora Assistente da Universidade Federal de Rondônia, UNIR. Departamento de Jornalismo

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Published

2011-12-15

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2011)

Section

Em Pauta/Agenda

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How to Cite

Fragoso, S., Rebs, R. R., & Barth, D. L. (2011). Virtual territorialities. Identity, ownership and sense of belonging in multiuser online environments. MATRIZes, 5(1), 211-225. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v5i1p211-225