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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782814603321

Autore

Winder Davey

Titolo

Being virtual [[electronic resource] ] : who you really are online / / Davey Winder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2008

ISBN

1-282-34267-3

9786612342677

0-470-71208-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

Science Museum TechKnow Series ; ; v.3

Disciplina

303.4833

Soggetti

Online social networks

Online identities

Shared virtual environments - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Being Virtual; Contents; Preface: New Beginnings; I: Identity Crisis; 1: Online Tribes; 2: Growing Up Online; 3: Enabling Technologies; 4: With This Click, I Thee Wed; 5: Gender Bending; 6: Age Matters; II: Being There; 7: Virtual Worlds, Real Lives; 8: Social Networks and Second Lives; III: Game Over; 9: Addicted to Murder; 10: Rape of an Avatar; 11: The Taboo Busters; 12: Age Play; IV: Logging Off; 13: The Google Effect; 14: Oh My God, They Stole Kenny!; V: So who ARE we online?; 15: The Collaborative You; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Thanks to the Internet, it has never been so easy to become the person of your wildest dreams. Immersive 3D worlds such as Second Life and THERE.com provide an escape route from the ordinary, into a virtual world where you have the power to mould your life in any way you please. Forget about walking, wheelchair users can fly. Pensioners wipe away the pains of age, discovering youthful exuberance and making young friends once more. No wonder it has become harder than ever to honestly answer the question: who am I? In Being Virtual, Davey Winder looks at how an increasing number of us are livi