Beauty in the eye of the beholder? Attractiveness in a virtual world

Beauty in the eye of the beholder? Attractiveness in a virtual world

The current study examines whether traditional offline gender biases regarding physical attractiveness and status transfer to Second Life (SL), a virtual world where residents can easily manipulate the appearance and status of avatars (i.e., graphical representations of the self). Participants (N =...

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Main Authors: Shu-Sha Angie Guan, Kaveri Subrahmanyam, Kevin Linares, Roy Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Masaryk University 2015-07-01
Series:Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace
Subjects:
Virtual worlds
avatars
attractiveness
status
gender norms
Online Access:https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/4337

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https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/4337

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