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