As technology changes, so too have its applications and our uses and experiences with them have changed as well. The emergence of new technologies offer opportunities for new ways of interacting, playing, working and learning. It is within the context of simultaneous excitement and anxiety thatΒ the
Virtual Social Networks: Mediated, Massive and Multiplayer Sites
β Scribed by Niki Panteli (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 214
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Virtual Social Networks: A New Dimension for Virtuality Research....Pages 1-17
Learning Virtually or Virtually Distracted? The Impact of Emerging Internet Technologies on Pedagogical Practice....Pages 18-35
VU @ Second Life: A Report on Experiences with the Development of a (Virtual) Community of Learners....Pages 36-51
Patient Preferences for Online Person-Person Support....Pages 52-74
The Social Impact of Online Games: The Case of Germany....Pages 75-97
The Sexi(e)st of All: Avatars, Gender, and Online Games....Pages 98-113
What Users of Virtual Social Networks Value about Social Interaction: The Case of GreyPath....Pages 114-133
Labourβs Second Life: From a Virtual Strike to Union Island....Pages 134-154
Community as Commodity: Social Networking and Transnational Capitalism....Pages 155-174
Virtual Intimacy: Desire and Ideology in Virtual Social Networks....Pages 175-193
Back Matter....Pages 194-196
β¦ Subjects
Marketing; Organization; Corporate Communication/Public Relations; Regional and Cultural Studies; Management
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