The digital transformation of human identity: Towards a conceptual model of virtual identity in virtual worlds

Convergence

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 276-292

  Nagy, Peter ^a   Koles, Bernadett ^a  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aspects of identity model; human computer interaction; online behavior; virtual identity; virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904317073     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354856514531532     Document Type: Article

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