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Virtual Social Networks

Mediated, Massive and Multiplayer Sites

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  • © 2009

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  1. Niki Panteli

    1. University of Bath, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Virtual Social Networks: A New Dimension for Virtuality Research

    • Niki Panteli
    Pages 1-17

  3. Learning Virtually or Virtually Distracted? The Impact of Emerging Internet Technologies on Pedagogical Practice

    • Simran K. Grewal, Lisa Harris
    Pages 18-35

  4. VU @ Second Life: A Report on Experiences with the Development of a (Virtual) Community of Learners

    • Frans Feldberg, Anton Eliëns, Sarah van der Land, Marleen Huysman, Elly Konijn
    Pages 36-51

  5. Patient Preferences for Online Person-Person Support

    • Ray Jones, Maged N. Kamel Boulos, Inocencio Maramba, Heather Skirton, Jennifer Freeman
    Pages 52-74

  6. The Social Impact of Online Games: The Case of Germany

    • Thorsten Quandt, Jeffrey Wimmer
    Pages 75-97

  7. The Sexi(e)st of All: Avatars, Gender, and Online Games

    • Mia Consalvo, Todd Harper
    Pages 98-113

  8. What Users of Virtual Social Networks Value about Social Interaction: The Case of GreyPath

    • Oliver K. Burmeister
    Pages 114-133

  9. Labour’s Second Life: From a Virtual Strike to Union Island

    • Bruce Robinson
    Pages 134-154

  10. Community as Commodity: Social Networking and Transnational Capitalism

    • David Kreps, Erika Pearson
    Pages 155-174

  11. Virtual Intimacy: Desire and Ideology in Virtual Social Networks

    • Rickard Grassman, Peter Case
    Pages 175-193

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 194-196
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About this book

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.

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  • University of Bath, UK

    Niki Panteli

About the editor

Dr NIKI PANTELI has carried out a substantial research activity in the field of virtuality. She is the Chair of the IFIP W.G. 9.5 'Virtuality& Society', and the Director for the Centre for Information Management at the University of Bath, UK. She is the co-editor of Exploring Virtuality within and beyond Organizations, Social, Global and Local Dimensions, Palgrave-Macmillan (2008).

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