Constructing my online self: Avatars that increase self-focused attention

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 445-448

  Vasalou, Asimina ^a   Joinson, Adam N ^b   Pitt, Jeremy ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avatars; Interpersonal communication; Self awareness

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING; USER INTERFACES;

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; SELF-AWARENESS;

ONLINE SEARCHING;

EID: 35348916721     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1240624.1240696     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

1. Donath, J. (2001). Mediated Faces. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference, CI 2001, Warwick, UK.
2. Fenigstein, A, Scheier, M. F. and Buss, A. H. (1975). Public and private self-consciousness: Assessment and theory. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 43, pp. 522-527.
3. Joinson, A. N. (2001). Self-disclosure in computer-mediated communication: The role of self-awareness and visual anonymity. European Journal of Social Psychology 31, pp. 177-192.
4. Prentice-Dunn, S. and Rogers, R. W. (1982). Effects of public and private self-awareness on deindividuation and aggression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 43, pp. 503-513.
5. Scheier, M. F. (1980). Effects of public and private self-consciousness on the public expression of personal beliefs. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 39 (3), pp.514-521.
6. Scheier, M. F. (1976). Self-awareness, self-consciousness, and angry aggression. Journal of Personality 44, pp. 627-644.
7. Walther, J. B. and Parks, M. R. (2002). Cues filtered out, cues filtered in: Computer-mediated communication and relationships. In M. L. Knapp and J. A. Daly. Handbook of interpersonal communication (pp. 529-563). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
8. Wegner, D. M., & Giuliano, T. (1980). Arousal-induced attention to self. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 38, pp. 719-726.
9. Yao, Z. M. and Flanagin, A. J. (2006). A self-awareness approach to computer-mediated communication. Computers in Human Behavior 22, pp. 518-544.