3). Pick one concept from the assigned reading this week, not already discussed, that you found useful or interesting and discuss it.

Gender Swapping sounds like a bad term but it is an important aspect of CMC communication only because it can be a total game changer. In massive multiplayer online role playing games also known as MMORPGs we often assume because of American television and the internet, that most of the MMORPG players are men who do not have much to do. But don't you find it surprising that there are many female characters being played on these games? In these games you can pick a gender of your choice, these character genders can create an image that we see on the game and instinctually we assume that the player is either male or female. Many men who play these MMORPGs lack a relationship and when they meet women who have the same interest of playing video games they fall head over heels in love with them as long as they're attractive to them. Just like society in person the men could appear much more helpful and generous to someone that they are sexually attracted to. On these MMORPGs some men use that in advantage, as disgusting as it sounds some men choose a female gender in their MMORPGs just so they can trick other men into giving them items. Because CMC requires that we build our own image of who we speak to through CMC only a character avatar or image can really trick us into assuming something about others. I could totally just change the name of my blog to something like Susie's flowery blog and you would assume I am a woman. Beware of the CMC dangers!