Are you familiar with these two articles? The Hussain and Griffiths article is probably most relevant to what you're interested in, though the Sundén may also be worth looking at. Hussain, Z. and M. Griffiths. (2008). "Gender Swapping and Socializing in Cyberspace: An Exploratory Study." Cyberpsychology and Behavior 11(1). http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/cpb.2007.0020?cookieSet=1 Sundén, J. (2002). “I’m still not sure she’s a she”: Textual talk and typed bodies in online interaction. In P. McIlvenny (Ed.). Talking gender and sexuality (pp. 289-312). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Joshua Joshua Raclaw - PhD student Department of Linguistics Culture, Language & Social Practice Women and Gender Studies University of Colorado at Boulder http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~raclaw/ ---- Original message ----
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:09:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Adam Davis <adavis45@yahoo.com> Subject: [Air-L] Gender swapping in SL To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org
Apologies for cross-posting...
I'm looking for a few studies on gender-swapping in MMORPGs or virtual environments, and particularly SL. My focus is on identity in online environments, and I haven't quite been able to find what I'm looking for in database searches.
Many thanks,
Adam Davis PhD Student Mass Communication and Media Arts Southern Illinois University SL: Forthwith Sideways
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