Virtual social identity and consumer behavior

Wood, Natalie T., 1970- (Added Author). Solomon, Michael R. (Added Author).

Summary: How 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780765626493 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0765626497 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xv, 230 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe : Society for Consumer Psychology, c2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User. CatMonthString:january.17
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	I, 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.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.