| dc.description.abstract | This research is entitled "Virtual Identity of Female Mobile Legends Online Game Players
(Qualitative Study in Medan City)". The purpose of this research is to find out the virtual
identity of female Mobile Legends online game players in Medan City and the reasons for
the formation of the virtual identity of female Mobile Legends online game players in
Medan City derived from self-presentation theory and put forward by Goffman. The
theories and concepts in this research are women, virtual identity, self-presentation theory,
online games and Mobile Legends. This research uses a qualitative approach with
descriptive research methods. The data collection techniques used are interviews,
observation/observation and documentation. The number of informants in this study were
seven people who were determined based on purposive sampling. Informants are women
who play Mobile Legends online games and live in Medan City which were selected based
on purposive and accidental. There are 3 categories of virtual identity formation proposed
by Castell (in Afala, 2018), namely legitimizing identity, resistance identity and project
identity. There are 8 reasons for virtual identity formation proposed by Goffman, namely
ingratiation, intimidation, self-promotion, exemplification, supplification, self handicaping, aligning action and altercasting. The results of this study indicate that three
out of seven informants use a legitimized identity, namely still showing themselves as
women in the Mobile Legends online game, the seven informants use a resistant identity,
namely having high skills and rank levels to avoid stereotypes and discrimination carried
out by male players and there are four informants who use project identities, namely
covering their real names, photos and gender using pseudonyms, fake photos and making
gender unknown. The reasons for the formation of virtual identities of the seven informants
are self-promotion found in six informants and supplification found in one informant. | en_US |
