Creating a Framework to Analyze the Perception of Selfhood in Artistic Practice within Second Life

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Author(s): Pete Wardle (University of Salford, UK)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 28
Source title: Psychology and Mental Health: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0159-6.ch017

Keywords: Human Behavior & Psychology / Information Science Reference / Psychology / Social Sciences & Humanities

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This chapter draws upon existing identity theories to create a framework with which to examine the expression of self via avatars within Second Life. The framework is then applied to the practice of a number of artists working with themes relating to identity using avatars within Second Life, by drawing upon the author's own experience of these works and the artists comments taken from their writings and from discussions and correspondence with them, to examine the role their work plays in changing our understanding of the way that identity is expressed and perceived within virtual worlds.

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