LEADER 03398oam 2200541 450 001 9910807776903321 005 20240131154001.0 010 $a1-317-45256-9 010 $a1-315-69834-X 010 $a1-317-45257-7 010 $a1-282-55484-0 010 $a9786612554841 010 $a0-7656-2649-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315698342 035 $a(OCoLC)608692409 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL3XRB 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000018411 100 $a20081215d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aVirtual social identity and consumer behavior /$fNatalie T. Wood and Michael R. Solomon, editors 210 1$aArmonk, N.Y. :$cM.E. Sharpe :$cSociety for Consumer Psychology,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 230 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aGale eBooks 300 $aDescription based on print version record. 311 $a0-7656-2396-X 311 $a0-7656-2395-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aI, avatar : auto-netnographic research in virtual worlds / Robert V. Kozinets, Richard Kedzior -- For a better exploration of metaverses as consumer experiences / Leila El Kamel -- Interaction seeking in Second Life and implications for consumer behavior / Christian Hinsch, Peter H. Bloch -- I don't know you, but I trust you : a comparative study of consumer perceptions in real-life and virtual worlds / James E. Brown, Tracy L. Tuten -- Social interaction with virtual beings : the technology relationship interaction model and its agenda for research / Kathy Keeling ... [et al.] -- Personalized avatar : a new way to improve communication and e-service / David Crete ... [et al.] -- The sacred and the profane in online gaming : a netnographic inquiry of Chinese gamers / Jeff Wang, Xin Zhao, Gary J. Bamossy -- Finding Mii : virtual social identity and the young consumer / J. Alison Bryant, Anna Akerman -- Me, myself, and my avatar : the effects of avatars on SNW (social networking) users' attitudes toward a Website and its ad content / Youjeong Kim, S. Shyam Sundar -- Effects of ethnic identity and ethnic ambiguous agents on consumer response to Websites / Osei Appiah, Troy Elias -- Ethnic matching : an examination of ethnic morphing in advertising / Yuliya Lutchyn ... [et al.] -- Mirror, mirror on the Web : understanding thin-slice judgments of avatars / Melissa G. Bublitz, Craig C. Claybaugh, Laura A. Peracchio. 330 $aHow can corporate America effectively target the growing flood of consumers participating in online social networking environments? This book by two of the leading experts in the field presents cutting-edge academic research on virtual social identity, explores consumer behavior in virtual worlds, and offers important implications for marketers interested in working in these environments. 606 $aGroup identity 606 $aConsumer behavior 606 $aVirtual reality 615 0$aGroup identity. 615 0$aConsumer behavior. 615 0$aVirtual reality. 676 $a306.3 702 $aWood$b Natalie T.$f1970- 702 $aSolomon$b Michael R. 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807776903321 996 $aVirtual social identity and consumer behavior$94057591 997 $aUNINA