ISBN:
0761990305
,
0761990313
,
9780759117433
,
9780761990314
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (246 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Ethnographic alternatives series v. 6
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Life Online : Researching Real Experience in Virtual Space
DDC:
302.2
Keywords:
Virtual reality
;
Communication Social aspects
;
Social interaction
;
Cybernetics Social aspects
Abstract:
Alienating for some, yet most intimate and real for others, emerging communications technologies are creating a varied array of cyberspace experiences. Nowhere are the new and old more intertwined, as familiar narratives of the past and radical visions of the future inform our attempts to assess the impact of cyberspace on self and society. Amidst the dizzying pace of technological innovation, Annette N. Markham embarks on a unique, ethnographic approach to understanding internet users by immersing herself in on-line reality. The result is an engrossing narrative as well as a theoretically eng
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editors' Introduction; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Going Online; Interlude Ambivalence and the Body; Chapter 2 The Shifting Project, The Shifting Self; Setting up the Interviews; Conducting the Interviews; Everything Changes, but Should the Researcher Admit This?; What Am I Looking For? And Is This the Same Question as "What Am I Finding?"; So What Am I Really Studying?; Chapter 3 Themes of Life in Cyberspace; Online Technology as a Tool . . . or a Place . . . or a Way of Being
Description / Table of Contents:
Online Experiences Are Real . . . How Could Experience Be Otherwise?Control of the Text Equals Control of Self, Other, and Social Structure; Chapter 4 Stories of Tools and Places; Matthew: I'm Just Me, Really or Virtually; Jennifer: The Computer Is a Rather Harsh Reminder that You Aren't There; Mist: Online Seems Simpler, I Guess . . . It Requires Less Effort and Commitment; Michael: The Community Makes It a Place; Interlude Drawing Boxes; Chapter 5 Stories of Places and Ways of Being; Beth: Things Seem to Be Communicated Better through My Fingers than My Voice
Description / Table of Contents:
Sheol: Cyberspace Is My Lifeline to the World. I Am Many Things Here; Terri: Mediation, and Access to It, Is Empowerment; I Physically Crave It; Sherie: Eloquence Makes Me Beautiful Online; How Does a Researcher Analyze Something She Does Not Understand?; In Sum . . .; Interlude Silence; Chapter 6 Reflecting; Thoughts About Online Communication; Thoughts About My Goals; Thoughts About the Project; Thoughts About the Future; Afterword; References Cited; Index; Index of Authors Cited; About the Author
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-239) and indexes
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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