Galaxies far, far away -- Free will -- Living in Tatooine -- Homes among the stars -- A long time ago -- Companions -- To boldly go -- The foundry -- Second Trek -- Star life.
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"Star Worlds explores the future-oriented universe of online virtual worlds connected with popular science fiction--specifically, with Star Wars and Star Trek--that have been inhabited for over a decade by computer gamers. The Star Wars and Star Trek franchises, both of which have shaped the dominant science fiction mythologies of the last half-century, offer profound conceptions of the tension between freedom and control in human economic, political, and social interactions. William Sims Bainbridge investigates the human and technological dynamics of four online virtual worlds based on these two very different traditions: the massively multiplayer online games Star Wars Galaxies; Star Wars: The Old Republic; Star Trek Online; and the Star Trek community in the non-game, user-created virtual environment, Second Life. The four "star worlds" explored in this book illustrate the dilemmas concerning the role of technology as liberator or oppressor in our postindustrial society, and represent computer simulations of future possibilities of human experience. Bainbridge considers the relationship between a real person and the role that person plays, the relationship of an individual to society, and the relationship of human beings to computing technology. In addition to collecting ethnographic and quantitative data about the social behavior of other players, he has immersed himself in each of these worlds, role-playing 14 avatars with different skills and goals to gain new insights into the variety of player experience from a personal perspective"--
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منبع سفارش / آدرس اشتراک
JSTOR
شماره انبار
22573/ctt1rd97wf
ویراست دیگر از اثر در قالب دیگر رسانه
عنوان
Star worlds.
شماره استاندارد بين المللي کتاب و موسيقي
9780472073283
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Fantasy games-- Social aspects.
موضوع مستند نشده
Human-computer interaction.
موضوع مستند نشده
Internet games-- Social aspects.
موضوع مستند نشده
Shared virtual environments-- Social aspects.
موضوع مستند نشده
COMPUTERS-- Virtual Worlds.
موضوع مستند نشده
Fantasy games-- Social aspects.
موضوع مستند نشده
Human-computer interaction.
موضوع مستند نشده
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.
موضوع مستند نشده
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
موضوع مستند نشده
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Social Aspects.
مقوله موضوعی
موضوع مستند نشده
COM057000
موضوع مستند نشده
SOC000000
موضوع مستند نشده
SOC022000
موضوع مستند نشده
TEC052000
رده بندی ديویی
شماره
794
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8
ويراست
23
رده بندی کنگره
شماره رده
GV1469
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17
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S63
نشانه اثر
B354
2017eb
سایر رده بندی ها
شماره رده
TEC052000
شماره رده
TEC052000
.
کد سيستم
bisacsh
کد سيستم
bisacsh
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