عنوان

Virtual social networks mediated, massive and multiplayer sites

02BL16398

Virtual social networks mediated, massive and multiplayer sites

edited by Niki Panteli

Basingstoke ]England[ New York

Palgrave Macmillan

2009

xvii, 196 p. ill. 23 cm

mediated, massive and multiplayer sites

Online social networks

Virtual reality

Includes bibliographical references and index

Virtual social networks : a new dimension for virtuality research / Niki Panteli -- Learning virtually or virtually distracted? The impact of emerging Internet technologies on pedagogical practice / Simran K. Grewal and Lisa Harris -- VU @ Second Life : a report on experiences with the development of a )virtual( community of learners / Frans Feldberg ... ]et al.[ -- Patient preferences for online person-person support / Ray Jones ... ]et al.[ -- The social impact of online games : the case of Germany / Thorsten Quandt and Jeffrey Wimmer -- The sexi)e(st of all : avatars, gender, and online games / Mia Consalvo and Todd Harper -- What users of virtual social networks value about social interaction : the case of GreyPath / Oliver K. Burmeister -- Labour's Second Life : from a virtual strike to Union Island / Bruce Robinson -- Community as commodity : social networking and transnational capitalism / David Kreps and Erika Pearson -- Virtual intimacy : desire and ideology in virtual social networks / Rickard Grassman and Peter Case.

Panteli, Niki