Digital Ego: Social and legal aspects of virtual identity

by Jacob Van Kokswijk

The possibilities of non-human virtual identities, popularized by digital worlds such as Second Life, are facing growing attention from media outlets, advertising executives, and ordinary computer users alike. Digital Ego counters the common assumption that a virtual identity is only a temporary, innocent manifestation which disappears when a computer is switched off. In this forward-looking volume, Jacob van Kokswijk addresses a broad range of social and legal consequences of virtual identities, including the difference between virtual and real identities and the position of virtual environments in real-world legal systems.   

264 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 2007

Reviews

[Cindy]

Loved reading it, but a bit messy once and a while

[Paula]

Very informative and thought-provoking book. Helped a lot while reading around the impact on online social networking for my dissertation.

[Edwin]

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