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Melissa S. Cook

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6

Publications

329

Citations

6

H-Index

2007

Active since

Affiliations

University of California, Los Angeles(Current)

University of Pennsylvania

Melissa S. Cook is an author at University of California, Los Angeles specializing in social media, digital avatars, and user-generated content.

Top concepts

Social MediaArtsRaceEducationMedia DesignBlack StudiesEmerging MediaVirtual WorldsDigital AvatarsSocial Identity

Publications per year

2007–2010

6

Publications

6

Your Second Selves

Yasmin B. Kafai, Deborah A. Fields, Melissa S. Cook · Games and Culture · 2009 · 132 citations

Identity Play, Avatar Animation, Engineering +18

‘‘Blacks Deserve Bodies Too!’’: Design and Discussion About Diversity and Race in a Tween Virtual World

Yasmin B. Kafai, Melissa S. Cook, Deborah A. Fields · Games and Culture · 2009 · 91 citations

’ ’, Critical Race Theory, Avatar Animation +26

The Possibilities and Limitations of Curriculum-Based Science Inquiry Interventions for Challenging the “Pedagogy of Poverty”

Vandana Thadani, Melissa S. Cook, Kathy Griffis et al. · Equity & Excellence in Education · 2010 · 39 citations

Your Second Selves: Avatar Designs and Identity Play in a Teen Virtual World

Yasmin B. Kafai, Deborah A. Fields, Melissa S. Cook · 2007 · 29 citations

Your Second Selves: Resources, Agency, and Constraints in Avatar Designs and Identity Play in a Tween Virtual World

Yasmin B. Kafai, Deborah A. Fields, Melissa S. Cook · 2007 · 23 citations · Full text

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