Title :
This is your mind online
Author :
Bailenson, Jeremy N. ; Blascovich, J.
fDate :
6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.2011.5779797
