03265nam a2200421 a 4500 ebr10273734 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080118s2008 txua sb s001 0 eng 2008001906 GBA870506 bnb 014626574 Uk 9780292717732 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0292717733 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780292717749 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0292717741 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)632750539 TK5105.88817 .E53 2008eb 306.4/6 22 Electronic tribes [electronic resource] : 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. 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 Gr�un -- 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 Duh�e. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Online social networks. Internet Social aspects. Tribes. Communication and technology. Electronic books. local Adams, Tyrone. Smith, Stephen A., 1949- ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10273734 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 6991 6991