:the virtual worlds of geeks, gamers, shamans, and scammers
First Statement of Responsibility
/ edited by Tyrone L. Adams and Stephen A. Smith
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1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Austin
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: University of Texas Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2008.
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xiv, 315 p. , ill. , 24 cm.
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Electronic
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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 Gr?╝n --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 Duh?.ش