Analyzing Digital Discourse and Human Behavior in Modern Virtual Environments

✍ Scribed by Bobbe Gaines Baggio

• Publisher: IGI Global
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 342
• Series: Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology (AHSAT)
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Though humans have been communicating through virtual mediators since the invention of the telephone, new technologies make the use of virtual communications even more immediate and pervasive than ever before. By understanding the theories and models behind virtual communication, one can understand the way society has been changed and how it will continue to do so.

Analyzing Digital Discourse and Human Behavior in Modern Virtual Environments examines the implications of virtual communication and online interaction and the theories and trends associated with them. It will discuss and address the differences and challenges that develop when communicating virtually and explore the various influences virtual communication plays in work, education, and quotidian life. This title provides a foundation of emerging trends from which new theories and models of communication can grow. This book will become a cherished resource for academics, researchers, technology developers, students, and government or institutional leaders.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Book Series
Editorial Advisory Board and List of Reviewers
Table of Contents
Detailed Table of Contents
Preface
Section 1: Working and Learning in Virtual Environments
Chapter 1: Virtual Teams
Chapter 2: Perception of Communication in Virtual Learning Environments
Chapter 3: Workforce Development in Behavioral Healthcare and the Increased Use of Technology
Chapter 4: Virtual Design Teams in Virtual Worlds
Chapter 5: The World is your Office
Section 2: Human Behaviors and Discourse in Modern Virtual Environments
Chapter 6: Why We Would Rather Text than Talk
Chapter 7: Analysis of Initial Involvement of Librarians in the Online Virtual World of Second Life
Chapter 8: Using Virtual Environments to Transform Collective Intelligence
Chapter 9: Virtual Ties, Perceptible Reciprocity, and Real-Life Gratifications in Online Community Networks
Chapter 10: Impacts on Society
Chapter 11: Liquid Communication in Mobile Devices
Chapter 12: Analyzing Multi-Modal Digital Discourses during MMORPG Gameplay through an Experiential Rhetorical Approach
Related References
Compilation of References
About the Contributors
Index
Optional Back Ad