My life as a night elf priest: an anthropological account of World of warcraft
"World of Warcraft rapidly became one of the most popular online world games on the planet, amassing 11.5 million subscribers -- officially making it an online community of gamers that had more inhabitants than the state of Ohio and was almost twice as populous as Scotland. It's a massivel...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "World of Warcraft rapidly became one of the most popular online world games on the planet, amassing 11.5 million subscribers -- officially making it an online community of gamers that had more inhabitants than the state of Ohio and was almost twice as populous as Scotland. It's a massively multiplayer online game, or MMO in gamer jargon, where each person controls a single character inside a virtual world, interacting with other people's characters and computer-controlled monsters, quest-givers, and merchants. In My Life as a Night Elf Priest, Bonnie Nardi, a well-known ethnographer who has published extensively on how theories of what we do intersect with how we adopt and use technology, compiles more than three years of participatory research in Warcraft play and culture in the United States and China into this field study of player behavior and activity. She introduces us to her research strategy and the history, structure, and culture of Warcraft; argues for applying activity theory and theories of aesthetic experience to the study of gaming and play; and educates us on issues of gender, culture, and addiction as part of the play experience. Nardi paints a compelling portrait of what drives online gamers both in this country and in China, where she spent a month studying players in Internet cafes. Bonnie Nardi has given us a fresh look not only at World of Warcraft but at the field of game studies as a whole. One of the first in-depth studies of a game that has become an icon of digital culture, My Life as a Night Elf Priest will capture the interest of both the gamer and the ethnographer."--Print version back cover |
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| spelling | Nardi, Bonnie A. Verfasser aut My life as a night elf priest an anthropological account of World of warcraft Bonnie A. Nardi Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press [2010] University of Michigan Library [2010] 1 Online-Ressource txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Technologies of the imagination What is World of warcraft and who plays it? -- An ethnographic invetigation of World of warcraft -- Play as aesthetic experience -- A new medium -- Work, play, and the magic circle -- Addiction -- Theorycraft and mods -- Gender -- Culture : WoW in China-and North America "World of Warcraft rapidly became one of the most popular online world games on the planet, amassing 11.5 million subscribers -- officially making it an online community of gamers that had more inhabitants than the state of Ohio and was almost twice as populous as Scotland. It's a massively multiplayer online game, or MMO in gamer jargon, where each person controls a single character inside a virtual world, interacting with other people's characters and computer-controlled monsters, quest-givers, and merchants. In My Life as a Night Elf Priest, Bonnie Nardi, a well-known ethnographer who has published extensively on how theories of what we do intersect with how we adopt and use technology, compiles more than three years of participatory research in Warcraft play and culture in the United States and China into this field study of player behavior and activity. She introduces us to her research strategy and the history, structure, and culture of Warcraft; argues for applying activity theory and theories of aesthetic experience to the study of gaming and play; and educates us on issues of gender, culture, and addiction as part of the play experience. Nardi paints a compelling portrait of what drives online gamers both in this country and in China, where she spent a month studying players in Internet cafes. Bonnie Nardi has given us a fresh look not only at World of Warcraft but at the field of game studies as a whole. One of the first in-depth studies of a game that has become an icon of digital culture, My Life as a Night Elf Priest will capture the interest of both the gamer and the ethnographer."--Print version back cover English Anthropologie visuelle Réalité virtuelle Aspect social World of Warcraft (Jeu) Computer games Social aspects GAMES Fantasy Sports GAMES Role Playing & Fantasy Role-playing, war games & fantasy sports Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography Social aspects SOCIAL SCIENCE General Virtual reality Social aspects Virtual worlds Visual anthropology World of Warcraft (Game) Social Media (DE-588)4639271-3 gnd rswk-swf Ethnologie (DE-588)4078931-7 gnd rswk-swf Feldforschung (DE-588)4016674-0 gnd rswk-swf World of Warcraft (DE-588)7526399-3 gnd rswk-swf Korea (South) / Social aspects Corée du Sud / Aspect social Korea (South) Electronic books World of Warcraft (DE-588)7526399-3 s Social Media (DE-588)4639271-3 s Feldforschung (DE-588)4016674-0 s Ethnologie (DE-588)4078931-7 s DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe My life as a night elf priest Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2010 9780472070985 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=328955 Verlag kostenfrei Volltext text file |
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