I once met a PhD student (sadly now dead) called Mario Guimaraes who was doing a lot of work on the sociology of avatars. There is a chapter by him in Chris Hines’ 2005 book ‘Virtual Methods: Issues in Social Research on the Internet’. I haven’t read it myself but it may be useful and he may also have written other papers. Denise Dr Denise Maia Carter, Research Fellow, Cyberspace Research Unit University of Central Lancashire Maudland Building Preston, PR1 2HE Tel: 01772 894258 Mob: 07988 731687 Web: http.www.denisecarter.net Quoting nadja.miczek@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de:

For a research project I'm looking for studies (qualitative or quantitative) from e.g. sociology or psychology dealing with the relationship between the use of avatars (especially in 3D worlds) and real life identity. Thanks for any help Nadja Miczek

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