My avatar is pregnant! Representation of pregnancy, birth, and maternity in a virtual world

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 322-331

  Lomanowska, Anna M ^a,b   Guitton, Matthieu J ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avatars; Intimacy; Online social interactions; Second Life; Virtual anthropology; Virtual world

Indexed keywords

AVATARS; INTIMACY; SECOND LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; VIRTUAL ANTHROPOLOGY; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

OBSTETRICS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84888596703     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.10.058     Document Type: Article

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