Who Do They Think They Are?

Teenage Girls & Their Avatars in Spaces of Social Online Communication

"[Book title] documents a descriptive case study of teenage girls who created autobiographical avatars for their social online spaces. It explores the complex and often conflcited negotiations behind girlhood identity and representation in a cyber-social world."--Back cover.

By admitting that she hadn't decided if she was going to share her condition with
us she indicated an acknowledgment of the anonymity that online sites provide.
After subsequent discussions, Livie revealed that she had felt safe and
comfortable in this site, and that factored into her choice to share her TSC with
others. What that ... However, rather than having her avatar wear a pair of glasses
that weren't the same style, she opted to have her avatar not wear glasses at all.
In real life ...