ISBN:
9780230250888
,
0230250882
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (208 p.)
,
3 figures, 11 halftones, 10.
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
Ausgabe:
Palgrave connect. Business & management collection
Paralleltitel:
Druckausg.
DDC:
303.4833
Schlagwort(e):
Online social networks
;
Virtual reality
;
Business communication & presentation
;
Business and Management
;
Business communication & presentation, bicssc
;
Business and Management, ukslc
;
Business communication & presentation, thema
;
Business communication & presentation, thema
;
Popular culture, thema
;
Information technology: general issues, thema
Kurzfassung:
Virtual Social Networks: A New Dimension for Virtuality Research-- N.Panteli Learning Virtually or Virtually Distracted? The Impact of Emerging Internet Technologies on Pedagogical Practice-- S.K.Grewal & L.Harris VU @ Second Life : A Report on Experiences with the Development of a (Virtual) Community of Learners-- F.Feldberg, A.Eliens, S.van der Land, M.Huysman & E.Konijn Patient Preferences for Online Person-Person Support-- R.Jones, M.Kamel Boulos, C.Maramba, H.Skirton & J.Freeman The Social Impact of Online Games -- The Case of Germany-- T.Quandt & J.Wimmer The Sexi(E)St Of All: Avatars, Gender, And Online Games-- M.Consalvo & T.Harper What Users Of Virtual Social Networks Value About Social Interaction: The Case of Greypath-- O.K.Burmeister Labour's Second Life: From A Virtual Strike To Union Island-- B.Robinson Community as Commodity: Social Networking And Transnational Capitalism-- D.Kreps & E.Pearson Virtual Intimacy: Desire and Ideology in Virtual Social Networks-- R.Grassman & P.Case
Kurzfassung:
As technology changes, so too have its applications and our uses and experiences with them have changed as well. The emergence of new technologies offer opportunities for new ways of interacting, playing, working and learning. It is within the context of simultaneous excitement and anxiety that we discuss Virtual Social Networks, Virtuality has been undergoing rapid and fundamental changes. As technology has developed, so too have its applications and our uses and experiences with it have as well. The emergence of new technologies such as Web 2.0 offer opportunities for new ways of interacting, playing, working and learning, and for companies new ways for promoting and advertising their products and services and interacting with their customers in general. The new possibilities are exciting, but there are uncertainties and anxieties too which affect individuals and organizations as well as societies in general. It is within this context, one of simultaneous excitement and anxiety, that we discuss Virtual Social Networks in this edited collection. The current public discourse refers to social networking sites and online games showing the popularity and fascination that has developed on these emerging, multiplayer and interactive virtual networks. This book aims to embark on this journey of exploration with a collection of studies, both empirical and conceptual, on current academic thinking around virtual social networks
Kurzfassung:
Electronic book text. - Originally published in: 2009
Anmerkung:
Adobe Ebook Reader.
DOI:
10.1057/9780230250888
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