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Motivations Behind Avatars Choices

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Determining Avatar Presets

¹¹Freeman, G., & Maloney, D. (2021). Body, avatar, and me: The presentation and perception of self in social virtual reality. Proceedings of the ACM on human-computer interaction, 4(CSCW3), 1-27.
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¹⁵ EGAL Expert Interview
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¹⁹Passmore and Mandryk 2018:317

Prioritizing Certain Presets

²⁰ Passmore, C. J., & Mandryk, R. (2018, October). An about face: Diverse representation in games. In Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (pp. 365-380).
²¹ McArthur, V., & Jenson, J. (2014, December). E is for everyone? Best practices for the socially inclusive design of avatar creation interfaces. In Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Interactive Entertainment (pp. 1-8).
²² Towards Inclusive Avatars: Disability Representation in Avatar Platforms
²³ Lee, J.-E. R. (2014). Does virtual diversity matter?: Effects of avatar-based diversity representation on willingness to express offline racial identity and avatar customization. Computers in Human Behavior, 36, 190–197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.03.040
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²⁵ Tadros, M. (2010). E-hijab: Muslim Women in the Metaverse. International Journal of Learning and Media, 2(2-3), 45-61.
²⁶ Mack, K., Hsu, R. C. L., Monroy-Hernández, A., Smith, B. A., & Liu, F. (2023, April). Towards inclusive avatars: Disability representation in avatar platforms. In Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-13).
²⁷ Zhang, K., Deldari, E., Lu, Z., Yao, Y., & Zhao, Y. (2022, October). “it’s just part of me:” understanding avatar diversity and self-presentation of people with disabilities in social virtual reality. In Proceedings of the 24th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on computers and accessibility (pp. 1-16).
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²⁹The (Dis)Invention of Black Women: A Rhetorical Analysis of Intersectional Oppression within Cosmetics Practices

Capturing Nuances

³⁰Passmore, C. J., & Mandryk, R. (2018, October). An about face: Diverse representation in games. In Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (pp. 365-380).
³¹ Narcisse, E. (2017, February). “The Natural: The trouble portraying blackness in video games.” Kotaku.
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³⁵ 4 easy ways to find your skin undertone - maybelline. Maybelline New York. (n.d.). https://www.maybelline.com/makeup-tips/face/face-makeup-tutorials-for-beginners/how-to-find-your-skin-undertone
³⁶ Mack, Kelly, et al. "Towards inclusive avatars: Disability representation in avatar platforms." Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. 2023.
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Building "Starter Avatars"

⁴³ Bonilla-Silva, E., Goar, C., & Embrick, D. G. (2006). When whites flock together: The social psychology of white habitus. Critical sociology, 32(2-3), 229-253.
⁴⁴ Lee, J. E. R. (2014). Does virtual diversity matter?: Effects of avatar-based diversity representation on willingness to express offline racial identity and avatar customization. Computers in Human Behavior, 36, 190-197.
⁴⁵ McArthur, V., & Jenson, J. (2014, December). E is for everyone? Best practices for the socially inclusive design of avatar creation interfaces. In Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Interactive Entertainment (pp. 1-8).
⁴⁶ McArthur, V., & Jenson, J. (2014, December). E is for everyone? Best practices for the socially inclusive design of avatar creation interfaces. In Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Interactive Entertainment (pp. 1-8).

Inclusive Avatar Labels

⁴⁷ Jørgensen, P. E. F., & Isaksson, M. (2010). 18. Credibility in corporate discourse. Pragmatics across languages and cultures, 513.
⁴⁸ Puhl, R. M. (2020). What words should we use to talk about weight? A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies examining preferences for weight‐related terminology. Obesity Reviews, 21(6), e13008.
⁴⁹ EGAL’s Inclusive language playbook
⁵⁰ Bennett, C. L., Gleason, C., Scheuerman, M. K., Bigham, J. P., Guo, A., & To, A. (2021, May). “It’s complicated”: Negotiating accessibility and (mis) representation in image descriptions of race, gender, and disability. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-19).
⁵¹ Expert interview conducted by EGAL
⁵² Expert interview conducted by EGAL
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⁵⁶ Bennett, C. L., Gleason, C., Scheuerman, M. K., Bigham, J. P., Guo, A., & To, A. (2021, May). “It’s complicated”: Negotiating accessibility and (mis) representation in image descriptions of race, gender, and disability. In Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-19).
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⁵⁸ Heisel, L. (2023). 8.3 Communication Barriers. Organizational Behavior-UMSL Comm 2231.

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