The unbearable likeness of being digital: The persistence of nonverbal social norms in online virtual environments

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-121

  Yee, Nick ^a   Bailenson, Jeremy N ^a   Urbanek, Mark ^a   Chang, Francis ^c   Merget, Dan ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c Portland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONLINE SYSTEM; ROLE PLAYING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY MODELING LANGUAGE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33847754747     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9984     Document Type: Article

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