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"This book looks at the origins and the many contemporary meanings of the virtual. Rob Shields shows how the construction of virtual worlds has a long history. He examines the many forms of faith and hysteria that have surrounded computer technologies in recent years. Moving beyond the technolo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shields, Rob, 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Series:Key ideas.
Subjects:
Information society.
Virtual reality > Social aspects.
Société de l'information.
Réalité virtuelle > Aspect social.
COMPUTERS > Information Technology.
Information society
Virtual reality > Social aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The return of the virtual
  • 2. The virtual and the real
  • 3. Digital virtualities
  • 4. Virtual Africa
  • 5. Joystick generation : cyberpunks, camkids and family life
  • 6. Work : virtual working
  • 7. Business sense for a virtual world
  • 8. Risk culture, trust and the virtual
  • 9. The future of the virtual.

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