Electronic Tribes
Subtitle: The Virtual Worlds of Geeks, Gamers, Shamans, and Scammers
Contributors: Tyrone L. Adams (Editor); Stephen A. Smith (Editor)
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: July 1, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780292717732
Subjects: Social Aspects - General; Computers / Social Aspects / General; Computers; Computers - General Information; Computer Books: General
Description: "In Electronic Tribes, the authors of sixteen competitively selected essays provide an up-to-the-minute look at the social uses and occasional abuses of online communication in the new media era. They explore many current Internet subcultures, including MySpace.com, craftster.org, massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, music downloading, white supremacist and other counterculture groups, and Nigerian email scams."--Back cover.