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

By: Series: New literacies and digital epistemologies ; v. 40.Publication details: New York : Peter Lang, c2010.Description: 246 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781433105524 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1433105527 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.23/1 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ799.2.I5 M67 2010
Contents:
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.

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.

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