Electronic tribes : the virtual worlds of geeks, gamers, shamans, and scammers / / edited by Tyrone L. Adams and Stephen A. Smith.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Adams, Tyrone.; Smith, Stephen A., 1949-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xiv, 315 p. :; ill.
• Other title: Where is the shaman? /; "Tribe by any other name..." /; Mimetic kinship : theorizing online "tribalism" /; Electronic tribes (e-tribes) : some theoretical perspectives and implications /; Revisiting the impact of tribalism on civil society : an investigation of the potential benefits of membership in an e-tribe on public discourse /; Theorizing the e-tribe on MySpace.com /; Don't date, craftsterbate : dialogue and resistance on Craftster.org /; Guild life in the world of Warcraft : online gaming tribalism /; At the electronic Evergreen : a computer-mediated ethnography of tribalism in a newsgroup from Montserrat and afar /; "Like a neighborhood of sisters" : can culture be formed electronically? /; Gerald M. Phillips as electronic tribal chief : socioforming cyberspace /; Digital dreamtime, sonic talismans : music downloading and the tribal landscape /; Magic, myth, and mayhem : tribalization in the digital age /; Mundanes at the gate-- and perverts within : managing internal and external threats to community online /; Brotherhood of blood : Aryan tribalism and skinhead cybercrews /; Radical tribes at Warre : primitivists on the net /; "Tribe" migrates crime to cyberspace : Nigerian Igbos in 419 e-mail scams /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780292717732 (hbk. : alk. paper); 0292717733 (hbk. : alk. paper); 9780292717749 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0292717741 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Tyrone L. Adams and Stephen A. Smith.