02858nam 22006614a 450 991045126870332120200520144314.01-280-11237-90-203-98718-7(CKB)1000000000256002(EBL)240438(OCoLC)475953711(SSID)ssj0000267732(PQKBManifestationID)11204833(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267732(PQKBWorkID)10214500(PQKB)11580924(MiAaPQ)EBC240438(MiAaPQ)EBC5121859(Au-PeEL)EBL240438(CaPaEBR)ebr10099654(CaONFJC)MIL637004(Au-PeEL)EBL5121859(CaONFJC)MIL11237(OCoLC)1027199306(EXLCZ)99100000000025600220020808d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe virtual[electronic resource] /Rob ShieldsTextbookLondon ;New York Routledge20031 online resource (263 p.)Key ideasDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-28181-4 0-415-28180-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-233) and index.BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The return of the virtual; 2 The virtual and the real; 3 Digital virtualities; 4 Virtual Africa; 5 Joystick generation: cyberpunks, camkids and family life; 6 Work: virtual working; 7 Business sense for a virtual world; 8 Risk culture, trust and the virtual; 9 The future of the virtual; Notes; References; IndexThis book looks at the origins and the many contemporary meanings of the virtual. Rob Shields shows how the construction of virtual worlds has a long history. He examines the many forms of faith and hysteria that have surrounded computer technologies in recent years. Moving beyond the technologies themselves he shows how the virtual plays a role in our daily lives at every level. The virtual is also an essential concept needed to manage innovation and risk. It is real but not actual, ideal but not abstract. The virtual, he argues, has become one of the key organizing principles of contemporarKey ideas.Information societyVirtual realitySocial aspectsElectronic books.Information society.Virtual realitySocial aspects.303.48/33Shields Rob1961-144016MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451268703321Virtual1212473UNINA