82. One Study: How Avatars Reflect Hidden Selves and Boost Wellbeing 423w25

04/04/2025

🕊️ As we approach over, the holiday of freedom, we ask: Can our avatars help us move from...

🕊️ As we approach over, the holiday of freedom, we ask: Can our avatars help us move from internal slavery to expressive liberation? Hi, I’m Dr. Elhanan Gazit. With my AI co-hosts, Marshal and Daphne, I break down a 2025 study on how Gen Z uses avatars on Zepeto to express identity, unlock authenticity, and reclaim hidden parts of themselves.You'll learn:
Why anonymity often reveals your truest self
How self-esteem and popularity needs shape digital personas
What this means for wellbeing, branding, and education in the AI era
This episode invites you to see avatars not as fantasy—but as powerful tools for healing, growth, and freedom.
 
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Read One Study Reference:
Kim, H. S., Kim, S., & Lee, E. J. (2025). The mirror of the metaverse: an exploration of reciprocal effects between self-views and avatar-based self-presentation. Human Communication Research, hqaf005. Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqaf005
 
* This episode is based on Dr. El-Hanan Gazit's book: 'Gameful Intelligence: The Secrets of Business Growth and Personal Happiness in the Gen AI Era' (working title).

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