Construction And Interaction: The Study Of Computer Game As A New Media

The paper chooses the Computer Game from the Cybergame as the subjectof research, and has an interdisciplinary study of the new media on the basisof Communication studies.First, the paper describes the Computer Game’s characteristics as a mediawhich include its feature of Game, its classification and its model ofinformation exchange. Then, and more importantly, three essentials of theComputer Game: Contest, Narrative and Communication are put forward as thekeys of understanding and studying the Computer Game. Thus, Construction,Interaction, as well as the three essentials form the frame of this study.After that, various constructions of Virtuality are expatiated, whichincludes the conception of Virtuality, also the macrostructure of informationorganization and presentation, the basic forms and units in the microcosmicaspect, as well as the four features of the Computer Came’s communicationenvironment. The facticity of the virtual information is also discussed.Then, various interactions around Reality are expounded. Narrative isapplied as a frame of meaning production and information circulation in themedium. The paper analyzes the Story and Discourse in Narrative, andcreatively studies the effect and influence it has on the individuals, from SayWhat to How to say. Some cases are analyzed in this part.At last, Criticism is applied to the influence the media has on society.The paper shows the different possibilities of Computer Game study, abrand new academic field of communication study, and offers a theoretic frame.Some innovative viewpoints of the author are presented in the paper.As the flourish new media, the Computer Game has greater and greaterimpact on the individual and the society, so that the relative study will be moreand more significant. The paper is meant to serve as a beginning of seriousComputer Game study in communication field in China.