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9789059722163

Digital Ego : Social and Legal Aspects of Virtual Identity

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  • ISBN13:

    9789059722163

  • ISBN10:

    9059722167

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-05-15
  • Publisher: Eburon B V
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Summary

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 Egocounters 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 vanKokswijk 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.

Author Biography

Jacob Van Kokswijk is an adjunct professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and research professor in digital media at the Dutch Twente University. He is the author of Architecture of a Cyber Culture.
 
 

Table of Contents

Author's Preface
Forward by Iain Pierson
Introduction
Identity and Identification in History
The Impact of Technology
Virtual Identity and the Internet
Social Aspects of Virtual Identity
Forms, Varieties and Valuables of Virtual Identities
Virtual Identity and Anonymity
Legal Issues and Policy of Virtual Identity Part I
Legal Issues and Policy of Virtual Identity Part II
Legal Consequences of Virtual Identity
The Way Forward
Appendices
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