Your second selves: Resources, agency, and constraints in avatar designs and identity play in a tween virtual world

3rd Digital Games Research Association International Conference: "Situated Play", DiGRA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 31-39

  Kafai, Yasmin B ^a   Fields, Deborah A ^a   Cook, Melissa S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avatars; Identity; Participatory culture; Situated play

Indexed keywords

AVATARS; IDENTITY; ON-LINE GAMES; SECOND LIFE; SITUATED PLAY; SOCIAL ISSUES; UNIQUE FEATURES; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; RESEARCH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 59849121312     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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