• DocumentCode
    1530335
  • Title

    This is your mind online

  • Author

    Bailenson, Jeremy N. ; Blascovich, J.

  • Volume
    48
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    78
  • Lastpage
    83
  • Abstract
    Within three years, many online interactions will not simply involve passages of text typed on a keyboard but will instead be rich exchanges involving sophisticated representations of ourselves. Those digital beings are called avatars, and today at least half a billion people around the world are routinely socializing through them over the Internet, for example in online games.
  • Keywords
    Internet; avatars; social networking (online); Internet; avatars; digital beings; online game; online interaction; Avatars; Facebook; Social factors; Virtual reality; Virtual representation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.2011.5779797
  • Filename
    5779797