Living Virtually: Researching New Worlds

Virtual worlds are most often three dimensional locales, where people create virtual personae (called avatars) who come to play, socialize, and work. This edited collection of groundbreaking research on virtual worlds offers a wide-ranging look at the sociology, politics, and communication practices in virtual worlds from a group of scholars in the United States and abroad.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433101300
• ISBN13: 9781433101304
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 296 Pages