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... inappropriately-dressed employee "avatars" — in this issue, we provide our thoughts on thi... on Craigslist's "Casual Encounters" adult forum following an online argument, and the so-called "M...
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...* No ads . * Custom forum avatars . * Preferred placement in the front of th...
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In the old days, credit unions (CUs) marketed to demographic groups -- say women aged 18 to 25. In the future, they will need to look more at groups of people by interest, said Tod Maffin, a technology futurist from Vancouver, British Columbia, during CUES' Executive Technology Forum, held in May in Phoenix. He identified three groups with similar interests that he believes CUs would do well to serve effectively: mini-preneurs: owners of mini-businesses; infolusters: people who need data around them all the time; and avatars: people's online economy equivalents. Avatars are your digital virtual embodiment. These digital humans are beginning to pop up in a lot of games -- they will do your bidding for you on the Internet soon, Maffin said. A very popular and economically successful game ...
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... WeeMee and then participated in an online forum to discuss the creation and purchasing choices the...
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Online groups and activist communities cannot rely on spatial boundaries to delineate the social boundaries of belonging. Within online communities, virtual identities demarcate the social borders of groups. Skinhead Forum, a skinhead blog, is analyzed to illustrate how the group is bounded by the virtual identities of its participants. The particular focus of analysis is hypermasculinity and heteronormativity as two of the most important attributes for virtual skinheads to embody. Virtual collective identities are continually being negotiated, and online participants can never be sure that others' virtual identities are authentic. Thus virtual boundaries based on the virtual identities of group participants must be rigorously maintained. This is accomplished through discussion of the e...
...Based on the avatars of blog participants, most virtual skinheads are a...
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..." stakeholders in various standards-setting forums, issuing communiqués, mobilizing various general ...The avatars populating virtual worlds such as Second Life or g...
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... teams, create a Team Site, or join in on a Forum. Teams will also be able to upload avatars, files,...
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Video games have developed into almost a $50 billion industry. Even more significantly, video gaming, especially through online forums and virtual worlds, are fast becoming an important component of popular culture and everyday life, especially amongst the younger, "digital native" generation. We explore the growing recognition that training and education in the 21st century must be more suited to the learning styles of this new generation through the use of "serious games." In conclusion, we analyze the prospects for using such games and virtual worlds for leadership and management training and the importance of fostering the "gamer disposition" in organizations.
... coins to clothe and house their penguin avatars in the polar virtual world (Lorek, 2007). Likewise...
