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Electronic Tribes: The Virtual Worlds of Geeks, Gamers, Shamans, and Scammers
Author: Tyrone L Adams
Whether people want to play games and download music, engage in social networking and professional collaboration, or view pornography and incite terror, the Internet provides myriad opportunities for people who share common interests to find each other. The contributors to this book argue that these self-selected online groups are best understood as tribes, with many of the same ramifications, both positive and negative, that tribalism has in the non-cyber world.
In Electronic Tribes, the authors of sixteen competitively selected essays provide an up-to-the-minute look at the social uses and occasional abuses of online communication in the new media era. They explore many current Internet subcultures, including MySpace, craftster, massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft, music downloading, white supremacist and other counterculture groups, and Nigerian e-mail scams. Their research raises compelling questions and some remarkable answers about the real-life social consequences of participating in electronic tribes. Collectively, the contributors to this book capture a profound shift in the way people connect, as communities formed by geographical proximity are giving way to communities—both online and offline—formed around ideas.
Table of Contents:
Foreword Ronald E. Rice Rice, Ronald E.
Introduction: Where Is the Shaman? Jim Parker Parker, Jim
Pt. I Conceptualizing Electronic Tribes
Ch. 1 "A Tribe by Any Other Name...," Tyrone L. Adams Adams, Tyrone L. Stephen A. Smith Smith, Stephen A.
Ch. 2 Mimetic Kinship: Theorizing Online "Tribalism," Veronica M. Davidov Davidov, Veronica M. Barbara Andersen Andersen, Barbara
Ch. 3 Electronic Tribes (E-Tribes): Some Theoretical Perspectives and Implications Bolanle Olaniran Olaniran, Bolanle
Ch. 4 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 Standerfer, Christina
Pt. II Social Consequences of Electronic Tribalism
Ch. 5 Theorizing the E-Tribe on MySpace.com David R. Dewberry Dewberry, David R.
Ch. 6 Don't Date, Craftsterbate: Dialogue and Resistance on craftster.org Terri L. Russ Russ, Terri L.
Ch. 7 Guild Life in the World of Warcraft: Online Gaming Tribalism Thomas Brignall III Brignall, Thomas, III
Ch. 8 At the Electronic Evergreen: A Computer-Mediated Ethnography of Tribalism in a Newsgroup from Montserrat and Afar, Jonathan Skinner
Pt. III Emerging Electronic Tribal Cultures
Ch. 9 "Like a neighborhood of sisters": Can Culture Be Formed Electronically? Deborah Clark Vance
Ch. 10 Gerald M. Phillips as Electronic Tribal Chief: Socioforming Cyberspace, Ann Rosenthal
Ch. 11 Digital Dreamtime, Sonic Talismans: Music Downloading and the Tribal Landscape, Michael C. Zalot
Ch. 12 Magic, Myth, and Mayhem: Tribalization in the Digital Age, Leonie Naughton
Pt. IV Cybercrime and Counterculture amongElectronic Tribes
Ch. 13 Mundanes at the Gate ... and Perverts Within: Managing Internal and External Threats to Community Online Steve Abrams Abrams, Steve Smaragd Grun Grun, Smaragd
Ch. 14 Brotherhood of Blood: Aryan Tribalism and Skinhead Cybercrews Jody M. Roy Roy, Jody M.
Ch. 15 Radical Tribes at Warre: Primitivists on the Net Mathieu O'Neil O'Neil, Mathieu
Ch. 16 A "Tribe" Migrates Crime to Cyberspace: Nigerian Igbos in 419 E-Mail Scams Farooq A. Kperogi Kperogi, Farooq A. Sandra Duhe Duhe, Sandra
About the Contributors
Index
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