Actors and Their Use of Avatars as Personal Mediators: An empirical study of avatar-based sense-makings and communication practices in the virtual worlds of EverQuest and Second Life

I løbet af de seneste fem år er stadig flere aktører blevet en del af de virtuelle verdeners Metaverse. De har valgt at flytte ind som en eventyrlig shaman i et af de avancerede online masserollespil som EverQuest eller som en forretningskvinde i en social verden som Second Life. Denne artikel søger...

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Main Author:	Sisse Siggaard Jensen
Format:	Article
Language:	Danish
Published:	Sammenslutningen af Medieforskere i Danmark (SMID) 2009-12-01
Series:	MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research
Subjects:	Virtual Worlds, avatar, EverQuest, Second Life, mediators,
Online Access:	https://tidsskrift.dk/mediekultur/article/view/1403

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