Source Characteristics in Online Shopping: Do Avatar Expertise, Similarity, and Attractiveness Affect Purchase Outcomes?
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2012
Abstract
In the 2009 motion picture Avatar, the consciousness of a paraplegic marine is transferred to a remotely controlled biological body that can survive in the lethal air of the sci-fi planet Pandora. In this fictional world, avatars are genetically engineered biological beings that walk, talk, and are essentially remote-controlled bodies. In the real world of the present, of course, the term “avatar” refers not to a living, three-dimensional body, but rather to a virtual representation of a user in a digital environment. In a very real sense, however, avatars have transcended their self-contained virtual worlds to interact with real people in the “real” world.
DOI
10.4324/9780203123911
Recommended Citation
Taylor, D. G., & Pentina, I. (2012). Source characteristics in online Shopping: Do avatar expertise, similarity, and attractiveness affect purchase outcomes?. In A. C. Scheinbaum (Ed.), Online consumer behavior : Theory and research in social media, advertising and e-tail (pp. 69-88). Routledge. Doi: 10.4324/9780203123911
Comments
Chapter in Online Consumer Behavior: Theory and Research in Social Media, Advertising and E-tail, edited by Scheinvaum.
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