An Introduction: Exploring Identity, Emotions, and Social Behaviors with Virtual Environments

摘要

There have been many discussions of identity, emotions and perspective taking in and with virtual environments (VEs) (Harley, in press; Harley, Bouchet, & Azevedo, 2013; . McCreery, Krach, Schrader & Boone, 2012; McCreery, Schrader, Krach & Boone, 2013; Tettegah, 2009). VEs however are not limited to games and simulated social virtual worlds. VEs also include: email, learning and content management systems, agent-based learning environments, social media sites, chat spaces, blogs, wikis, and other web interfaces. If the environment doesn't exist in the physical world, it can potentially be a virtual environment. For the purpose of this special issue we focus on emotions and identities that are situated in virtual environments within the digital realm, or as stated earlier VEs.