Electronic tribes : the virtual worlds of geeks, gamers, shamans, and scammers /
edited by Tyrone L. Adams and Stephen A. Smith.
- 1st ed.
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008.
- xiv, 315 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Where is the shaman? / "Tribe by any other name..." / Mimetic kinship : theorizing online "tribalism" / Electronic tribes (e-tribes) : some theoretical perspectives and implications / Revisiting the impact of tribalism on civil society : an investigation of the potential benefits of membership in an e-tribe on public discourse / Theorizing the e-tribe on MySpace.com / Don't date, craftsterbate : dialogue and resistance on Craftster.org / Guild life in the world of Warcraft : online gaming tribalism / At the electronic Evergreen : a computer-mediated ethnography of tribalism in a newsgroup from Montserrat and afar / "Like a neighborhood of sisters" : can culture be formed electronically? / Gerald M. Phillips as electronic tribal chief : socioforming cyberspace / Digital dreamtime, sonic talismans : music downloading and the tribal landscape / Magic, myth, and mayhem : tribalization in the digital age / Mundanes at the gate-- and perverts within : managing internal and external threats to community online / Brotherhood of blood : Aryan tribalism and skinhead cybercrews / Radical tribes at Warre : primitivists on the net / "Tribe" migrates crime to cyberspace : Nigerian Igbos in 419 e-mail scams / Jim Parker -- Tyrone L. Adams and Stephen A. Smith -- Veronica M. Davidov and Barbara Andersen -- Bolanle Olaniran -- Christina Standerfer -- David R. Dewberry -- Terri L. Russ -- Thomas Brignall III -- Jonathan Skinner -- Deborah Clark Vance -- Ann Rosenthal -- Michael C. Zalot -- Leonie Naughton -- Steve Abrams and Smaragd GruÌn -- Jody M. Roy -- Mathieu O'Neil -- Farooq A. Kperogi and Sandra DuheÌ. Introduction,