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Sep
9
2008

"A new study from Northwestern University in There.com shows the persistence of racial bias in virtual environments, but, maybe more importantly, a connection between users' identities and their own avatars."

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in list: Cyberpsychology

"Your personalized weblin avatar surfs the web with you, enabling you to see friends and meet new ones on the same site as you.
Weblins can chat, move, show emotion, visit lounges, and trade stuff with other weblins."

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in list: Cyberpsychology

  • Presence is the   experience of being engaged by the representations of a virtual world
Jul
20
2008

  • "People, when they're in Second Life, they feel a little bit protected," Kerley  says, "because you don't exactly know who they are, you can't look at them, so  they often feel more open and are able to get right down to the business of  working, usually within the first session."
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