Our virtual world the transformation of work, play, and life via technology
Title:
Our virtual world the transformation of work, play, and life via technology
Author:
Chidambaram, Lakshmanan, 1963-
ISBN:
9781930708921
Publication Information:
Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2001.
Physical Description:
electronic texts (ii, 250 p. : ill.) : digital files.
Contents:
Going virtual : the driving forces and arrangements / Magid Igbaria ... [et al.] -- Am I doing what's expected? New member socialization in virtual groups / John E. Galvin, Manju K. Ahuja -- How are you going to keep them in the classroom after they've seen MTV? Online education in a virtual world / Fred Niederman, Bruce Rollier -- Meeting current challenges for virtually collocated teams : participation, culture, and integration / Gloria Mark -- Succeeding in the virtual world : how relationships add value on the Web / Diana Burley Gant -- Online poker and the individuals who play it / Ramesh Venkataraman -- Online recreation and play in organizational in organizational life : the Internet as virtual contested terrain / Jo Ann Oravec -- Play's the thing ... on the web! / Laku Chidambaram, Ilze Zigurs -- Citizens and spokesmen : politics and personal expression on the Web / Jennifer Petersen -- The virtual community : building on social structure, relations and trust to achieve value / Urs E. Gattiker ... [et al.] -- Sloan 2001 : a virtual odyssey / Wanda J. Orlikowski, JoAnne Yates & Nils Olaya Fonstad -- The search for a new identity : post-organ transplant recipients and the Internet / Marios Koufaris.
Abstract:
Since the dawn of civilization, new technologies-from the plow to the locomotive to the computer-have transformed human lives. These changes have often been for the better, but occasionally also for the worse. No matter what consequence, these changes have always been irrevocable and pervasive. Today's new technologies, from the well-connected computer to the digital communication infrastructure, are not exception. They are dramatically changing the way we work, play and live. The central theme of Our Virtual World: The Transformation of Work, Play and Life via Technology is the interplay of the ubiquity of the virtual environment and our evolving interactions in this changed context.
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