The priming effects of avatars in virtual settings

Communication Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 838-856

  Peña, Jorge ^a   Hancock, Jeffrey T ^b   Merola, Nicholas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Avatars; Computer mediated communication; Media effects; Priming; Proteus effect; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350782098     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650209346802     Document Type: Article

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