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Electronic tribes : the virtual worlds of geeks, gamers, shamans, and scammers /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Adams, Tyrone (Editor ), Smith, Stephen A., 1949- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction, Where is the shaman? / Jim Parker
  • "Tribe by any other name ..." / Tyrone L. Adams and Stephen A. Smith
  • Mimetic kinship : theorizing online "tribalism" / Veronica M. Davidov and Barbara Andersen
  • Electronic tribes (e-tribes) : some theoretical perspectives and implications / Bolanle Olaniran
  • Revisiting the impact of tribalism on civil society : an investigation of the potential benefits of membership in an e-tribe on public discourse / Christina Standerfer
  • Theorizing the e-tribe on MySpace.com / David R. Dewberry
  • Don't date, craftsterbate : dialogue and resistance on Craftster.org / Terri L. Russ
  • Guild life in the world of Warcraft : online gaming tribalism / Thomas Brignall III
  • At the electronic Evergreen : a computer-mediated ethnography of tribalism in a newsgroup from Montserrat and afar / Jonathan Skinner
  • "Like a neighborhood of sisters" : can culture be formed electronically? / Deborah Clark Vance
  • Gerald M. Phillips as electronic tribal chief : socioforming cyberspace / Ann Rosenthal
  • Digital dreamtime, sonic talismans : music downloading and the tribal landscape / Michael C. Zalot
  • Magic, myth, and mayhem : tribalization in the digital age / Leonie Naughton
  • Mundanes at the gate-- and perverts within : managing internal and external threats to community online / Steve Abrams and Smaragd Grün
  • Brotherhood of blood : Aryan tribalism and skinhead cybercrews / Jody M. Roy
  • Radical tribes at Warre : primitivists on the net / Mathieu O'Neil
  • "Tribe" migrates crime to cyberspace : Nigerian Igbos in 419 e-mail scams / Farooq A. Kperogi and Sandra Duhé.