TY  - BOOK
AU  - Adams,Tyrone
AU  - Smith,Stephen A.
TI  - Electronic tribes: the virtual worlds of geeks, gamers, shamans, and scammers 
SN  - 9780292717732 (hbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - TK5105.88817 .E53 2008
U1  - 306.4/6 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Austin
PB  - University of Texas Press
KW  - Online social networks
KW  - Internet
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Tribes
KW  - Communication and technology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction; Where is the shaman?; Jim Parker --; "Tribe by any other name..."; Tyrone L. Adams and Stephen A. Smith --; Mimetic kinship : theorizing online "tribalism"; Veronica M. Davidov and Barbara Andersen --; Electronic tribes (e-tribes) : some theoretical perspectives and implications; Bolanle Olaniran --; Revisiting the impact of tribalism on civil society : an investigation of the potential benefits of membership in an e-tribe on public discourse; Christina Standerfer --; Theorizing the e-tribe on MySpace.com; David R. Dewberry --; Don't date, craftsterbate : dialogue and resistance on Craftster.org; Terri L. Russ --; Guild life in the world of Warcraft : online gaming tribalism; Thomas Brignall III --; At the electronic Evergreen : a computer-mediated ethnography of tribalism in a newsgroup from Montserrat and afar; Jonathan Skinner --; "Like a neighborhood of sisters" : can culture be formed electronically?; Deborah Clark Vance --; Gerald M. Phillips as electronic tribal chief : socioforming cyberspace; Ann Rosenthal --; Digital dreamtime, sonic talismans : music downloading and the tribal landscape; Michael C. Zalot --; Magic, myth, and mayhem : tribalization in the digital age; Leonie Naughton --; Mundanes at the gate-- and perverts within : managing internal and external threats to community online; Steve Abrams and Smaragd GruÌn --; Brotherhood of blood : Aryan tribalism and skinhead cybercrews; Jody M. Roy --; Radical tribes at Warre : primitivists on the net; Mathieu O'Neil --; "Tribe" migrates crime to cyberspace : Nigerian Igbos in 419 e-mail scams; Farooq A. Kperogi and Sandra DuheÌ
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0903/2008001906.html
ER  -