Exploring self-presence in collaborative virtual teams

PsychNology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-31

  Ratan, Rabindra ^a   Hasler, Béatrice S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avatars; Collaborative virtual environments; Computer mediated communication; Identity; Presence; Self presence; Social presence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649812959     PISSN: 17207525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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