1. CAN YOUR AVATAR IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH? THE IMPACT OF AVATAR CUSTOMIZATION Open Access Author: Kim, Youjeong Title: CAN YOUR AVATAR IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH? THE IMPACT OF AVATAR CUSTOMIZATION Graduate Program: Mass Communications Keywords: health communicationcustomizationvirtual identityAvatarself-preservation File: Download FinalDraft_YoujeongKim.pdf Committee Members: S. Shyam Sundar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorS. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-ChairMary Beth Oliver, Committee MemberFuyuan Shen, Committee MemberRoxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Member