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Who do they think they are? : teenage girls & their avatars in spaces of social online communication /

Morrison, Connie

Who do they think they are? : teenage girls & their avatars in spaces of social online communication / Connie Morrison. - New York : Peter Lang, c2010. - 246 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - New literacies and digital epistemologies, v. 40 1523-9543 ; . - New literacies and digital epistemologies ; v. 40. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Avatars, identity and autobiography : a theoretical perspective -- Making a WeeMee one click at a time -- The girls and their avatars : who do they think they are? -- That's not who I am today : making and remaking identity -- I can't find a thing to wear! : the pressure to look cool -- "Just a second of your life represented" : what avatars can and cannot do -- DIY : making avatars in English class.

9781433105524 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1433105527 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2009018331


Internet and teenagers--Psychological aspects.
Identity (Psychology) in adolescence.
Teenage girls--Psychology.
Avatars (Virtual reality)--Psychological aspects.
Online social networks--Psychological aspects.

HQ799.2.I5 / M67 2010

302.23/1

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