Electronic tribes : the virtual worlds of geeks, gamers, shamans, and scammers / / edited by Tyrone L. Adams and Stephen A. Smith.
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 315 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction, Where is the shaman? / Jim Parker
- "Tribe by any other name..." / Tyrone L. Adams and Stephen A. Smith
- Mimetic kinship : theorizing online "tribalism" / Veronica M. Davidov and Barbara Andersen
- Electronic tribes (e-tribes) : some theoretical perspectives and implications / Bolanle Olaniran
- Revisiting the impact of tribalism on civil society : an investigation of the potential benefits of membership in an e-tribe on public discourse / Christina Standerfer
- Theorizing the e-tribe on MySpace.com / David R. Dewberry
- Don't date, craftsterbate : dialogue and resistance on Craftster.org / Terri L. Russ
- Guild life in the world of Warcraft : online gaming tribalism / Thomas Brignall III
- At the electronic Evergreen : a computer-mediated ethnography of tribalism in a newsgroup from Montserrat and afar / Jonathan Skinner
- "Like a neighborhood of sisters" : can culture be formed electronically? / Deborah Clark Vance
- Gerald M. Phillips as electronic tribal chief : socioforming cyberspace / Ann Rosenthal
- Digital dreamtime, sonic talismans : music downloading and the tribal landscape / Michael C. Zalot
- Magic, myth, and mayhem : tribalization in the digital age / Leonie Naughton
- Mundanes at the gate-- and perverts within : managing internal and external threats to community online / Steve Abrams and Smaragd Grun
- Brotherhood of blood : Aryan tribalism and skinhead cybercrews / Jody M. Roy
- Radical tribes at Warre : primitivists on the net / Mathieu O'Neil
- "Tribe" migrates crime to cyberspace : Nigerian Igbos in 419 e-mail scams / Farooq A. Kperogi and Sandra Duhe.