ABSTRACT
Avatar An avatar is a stable identity that someone using Barlovian cyberspace has created. The existence of an avatar means someone has used some of cyberspace’s resources in ways that result in other avatars recognising a stable online personality. Someone’s avatar may be constructed from the style of their online writing, from the repeated use of a name or selfdescription, or from any of a number of other virtual possibilities. More than one avatar can be created and the relationship between these identities and someone’s offline life is complicated.
