Who do they think they are?
Subtitle: teenage girls and their avatars in spaces of social online communication
By: Connie Morrison.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781433105524
Subjects: Internet and teenagers -- Psychological aspects; Identity (Psychology) in adolescence; Teenage girls -- Psychology; Avatars (Computer graphics) -- Psychological aspects; Online social networks -- Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: making visual autobiographical fragments; title: One click at a time: teenage girls construct identity online; title: That's not who I am today. Making and remaking myself; title: Who do they think they are?; title: I can't find a thing to wear! teenage girls discuss the limits of avatar; title: Design; title: The broader social context : avatars become a metaphor for life; title: Making avatars in English class.