From text to gesture online: A microethnographic analysis of nonverbal communication in the Second Life virtual environment

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-238

  Antonijevic, Smiljana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Microethnography; Nonverbal communication; Second Life; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149173647     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180801937290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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