Electronic Tribes

The Virtual Worlds of Geeks, Gamers, Shamans, and Scammers

Autor: Tyrone L. Adams, Stephen A. Smith

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Väzba: Brožovaná

Vydavateľ: University of Texas Press

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Whether people want to play games and download music, engage in social networking and professional c...

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Autor

Tyrone L. Adams, Stephen A. Smith

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Brožovaná

Vydalo

2008

Stránok

331

EAN

9780292717749

ISBN

0292717741

Enbook ID

04872809

Vydavateľ

University of Texas Press

Hmotnosť

516

Rozmery

152 x 229 x 43

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Whether people want to play games and download music, engage in social networking and professional collaboration, or view pornography and incite terror, the Internet provides myriad opportunities for people who share common interests to find each other. The contributors to this book argue that these self-selected online groups are best understood as tribes, with many of the same ramifications, both positive and negative, that tribalism has in the non-cyber world. In "Electronic Tribes", the authors of sixteen competitively selected essays provide an up-to-the-minute look at the social uses and occasional abuses of online communication in the new media era.They explore many current Internet subcultures, including MySpace.com, craftster.org, massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, music downloading, white supremacist and other counterculture groups, and Nigerian e-mail scams. Their research raises compelling questions and some remarkable answers about the real-life social consequences of participating in electronic tribes. Collectively, the contributors to this book capture a profound shift in the way people connect, as communities formed by geographical proximity are giving way to communities - both online and offline - formed around ideas.

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