A theoretical model of social influence for increasing the utility of collaborative virtual environments

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Collaborative Virtual Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 25-30

  Blascovich, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Behavioral Realism; Self Relevance; Social Influence

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

SELF-RELEVANCE;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0036980141     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/571878.571883     Document Type: Conference Paper

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