西南石油大学学报（社会科学版）2026，Vol.28Issue(4)：131-144,14.
虚实之间:结构二重性视域下游戏场域社会资本的双向转化机制
Virtual-Real Transformation of Social Capital in Gaming Fields:A Structuration Perspective
摘要
Abstract
Drawing on Giddens's structuration theory,this study employs participant observation and in-depth interviews to examine the bidirectional transformation of social capital between virtual and real-world domains within China's virtual gaming fields.The findings are threefold.First,within the interplay between structure and agency,players are constrained by technological architectures and rule systems while utilizing the fluidity of virtual identities to break through the limitations of ascribed real-world identities,thereby achieving the redesign and reconstruction of social capital in the digital field.Second,China's gaming field exhibits distinctive localized landscape.The embedding of strong-tie platforms based on WeChat and QQ enables the direct transfer of real-world capital,while the master-apprentice system and face competition rooted in Confucian ethics facilitate the reconstruction of quasi-kinship social capital in virtual settings.Third,from a critical perspective,the transformation of social capital is not a neutral process;rather,it intensifies power inequalities within gaming communities.Such inequalities are manifested in the exploitation of female players'objectified emotional labor under gender norms,and the structural exclusion faced by digitally marginalized players constrained by material thresholds in their social capital transformation.By transcending the prevailing analytical framework that treats social capital transformation as a unidirectional process,this study situates the virtual and the real within a continuously inter-embedded relational process to reveal the mechanisms of cross-field flow,reorganization,and reproduction of social capital,and consequently extends the explanatory boundaries of social capital theory in the context of China's digital society.关键词
结构二重性/网络游戏/社会资本/情感劳动/虚实转化/数字资本/数字治理Key words
Structuration/online games/social capital/emotional labor/virtual-real transformation/digital capital/digital governance分类
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王文彬,刘裕..虚实之间:结构二重性视域下游戏场域社会资本的双向转化机制[J].西南石油大学学报（社会科学版）,2026,28(4):131-144,14.基金项目
教育部人文社会科学研究青年基金项目"数字治理视域下社区社会资本的虚实融合与协同机制研究"(25YJC840003) （25YJC840003）
吉林大学"研究阐释党的二十届四中全会精神"哲学社会科学研究专项项目"数智治理中社区社会资本生机赋能与有序赋能机制研究"(2025SZQHYB11). （2025SZQHYB11）
