AVATAR: visualization of the network identity

  • Elena Y. Rogdestvenskaya Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ISRAS (Moscow) rigasvaverite@gmail.com
How to Cite
Rogdestvenskaya E.Y. AVATAR: visualization of the network identity. Interaction. Interview. Interpretation. 2014. Vol. 6. No. 7. P. 124-127. (in Russ.).

Abstract

In an essay visualization of identity using avatars is considered. Author views user’s images or photos as instrument for building identity online.
Keywords:
visualization, avatar, identity, online, anonimity

Author Biography

Elena Y. Rogdestvenskaya, Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ISRAS (Moscow)
Doctor of sociology, leading researcher of the sector study of social change qualitative methods Institute of sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor of the Department of analysis of social institutions, faculty of social Sciences Department of sociology, HSE

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Rogdestvenskaya, E. Y. (2014). AVATAR: visualization of the network identity. Interaction. Interview. Interpretation, 6(7), 124-127. Retrieved from https://www.inter-fnisc.ru/index.php/inter/article/view/4386
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Visual Sociology