Ethnography and Virtual Worlds

Author: Tom Boellstorff
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0691149518

Ethnography and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Method

Ethnography and Virtual Worlds is the only book of its kind--a concise, comprehensive, and practical guide for students, teachers, designers, and scholars interested in using ethnographic methods to study online virtual worlds, including both game and nongame environments. Get Ethnography and Virtual Worlds computer books for free.
Written by leading ethnographers of virtual worlds, and focusing on the key method of participant observation, the book provides invaluable advice, tips, guidelines, and principles to aid researchers through every stage of a project, from choosing an online fieldsite to writing and publishing the results. Provides practical and detailed techniques for ethnographic research customized to reflect the specific issues of online virtual worlds, both game and nongame Draws Check Ethnography and Virtual Worlds our best computer books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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