Reinventing ourselves contemporary concepts of identity in virtual worlds /

Reinventing ourselves contemporary concepts of identity in virtual worlds / [Texte imprimé] : Anna Peachey, Mark Childs, editors. - London ; New York : Springer, 2011 - 1 vol. (XIV, 330 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm - Springer series in immersive environments .

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Virtual worlds and identity / Identity : a primer / The self and Second Life : a case study exploring the emergence of virtual selves / Liminal phases of avatar identity formation ini virtual world communities / Encountering oneself and the other : a case study of identity formation in Second Life / Virtual fashion play as embodied identity re/asssembling : Second Life fashion bloggers and their avatar bodies / Embodying self in virtual worlds / "Is that your boyfriend?" : an experiential and theoretical approach to understanding gender-bending in virtual worlds / Constructing disability in online worlds : conceptualising disability in online research / As long as they don't know where I live : information disclosure strategies for managing identity in Second Life / Multiple personality order : physical and personality characteristics of the self, primary avatar and Alt / Comparing avatar and video representations / What is my avatar? : Who is my avatar? : the avatar as a device to achieve a goal : perceptions and implications / Situated learning in virtual worlds and identity reformation / Virtual worlds and identity exploration for marginalised people / Jon Cabiria. Anna Peachey and Mark Childs -- Mark Childs -- Simon Evans -- Nicola Marae Martínez -- Maeva Veerapen -- Christine Liao -- Ali Mazalek ... [et al.] -- Ferdinand Francino and Jane Guiller -- Diane Carr -- Poppy Lauretta McLeod and Gilly Leshed -- Richard L. Gilbert, Jessica A. Foss, and Nora A. Murphy -- Ralph Schroeder -- Marc Conrad, Aloec Charles, and Jo Neale -- Anne Adams ... [et al.] --

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