Tom Boellstorff, Bonnie Nardi, Celia Pearce

Broschiertes Buch

Ethnography and Virtual Worlds

A Handbook of Method

Beschreibung

Suitable for students, teachers, designers, and scholars interested in using ethnographic methods, this title provides practical and detailed techniques for ethnographic research customized to reflect the specific issues of online virtual worlds, both game and nongame.

Autor

Tom Boellstorff is professor of anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. Their books include Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human. Bonnie Nardi is professor (emer.) of informatics at the University of California, Irvine. Her books include My Life as a Night Elf Priest: An Anthropological Account of World of Warcraft. Celia Pearce is professor of game design at Northeastern University. Her books include Communities of Play: Emergent Cultures in Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds. T. L. Taylor is professor of comparative media studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her books include Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 151mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9780691149516
• ISBN-10: 0691149518
• Artikelnr.: 35939145