电子游戏对青少年认识他国文化的作用和影响

The Roles and Influences of Digital-Games in Teenagers Understanding of Foreign Cultures

随着互联网的快速发展,电子游戏已经成为一种重要的文化传播媒体。电子游戏中的文化元素对青少年了解其他民族和国家的文化是否具有重要的影响引起了学术界的广泛关注。日本游戏由于造型符合亚洲玩家的审美观,深受中国游戏玩家喜欢。通过对玩日本游戏的中国青少年进行案例分析、访谈和问卷调查发现:日本游戏中所呈现的民族服饰、生活方式、建筑风格、行为方式、故事情节等文化元素对中国青少年了解日本文化具有一定的积极作用,而游戏中的暴力、色情和恶搞等元素也对中国青少年的成长产生了一定的负面影响。但目前这些影响还很有限,绝大多数的青少年有一定的控制能力。

With the rapid development of Internet, Digital-games have become an important media of cultural transmission. Then it attracts wide scholastic attention whether the cultural factors of Digital-Games have an impact on teenagers understanding of foreign cultures. Most Chinese teenagers like Japanese games, because characters in these games meet Asian players＂ aesthetic view. Case studies, interviews and questionnaires are conducted on Japanese-game playing youngsters in China. The results show that the ethnic clothes, lifestyle, architectural style, behavior mode, storylines and other culture presented in the games can help Chinese youngsters understand the Japanese culture, but there are negative effects such as violence, pornography and mishaps. However, at present, these negative effects are limited as most teenagers can control themselves.