What It Means to Be an Avatar: A Study of Second Life

Patti Jennings, one of the DCCCD Second Life Team, pointed out this interesting article from the SMU Cox website: What It Means to Be an Avatar: A Study of Second Life, new research by Ulrike Schultze of SMU Cox, which delves into what is most fundamental to the avatar-self relationship in a study of residents of Second Life, the most successful and accessible virtual world.