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Bezig met laden... I, Avatar: The Culture and Consequences of Having a Second Life (New Riders) (2008)door Mark Stephen Meadows
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Fun to read but ultimately a waste of time because the author takes an entire book to write what could have been written in just three or four pages. ( ) I Avatar is a very useful addition to the books I already have on Second Life (Wagner James Au's and Tim Guest's foremost among them) and takes a different tack - looking at the implications of recreating our virtual selves on the screen. How is it that we feel so emotionally bound to this collection of pixels? How do they come to represent our real life selves? What aspects of our own personality split off from us? How do we manage our relationships with our other selves and with those we come into contact with in the metaverse? What cultures will we find there, and how do they evolve? The answers are both fascinating and important as millions of us are making the migration - choosing to live simultaneously on both sides of the computer screen, committing time and energy to building a virtual life. Meadows writes honestly of his experiences and highlights both the positive aspects of immersion in this new world - and also the darker side, including forced slavery, griefers and stalkers. The glossiness of the book bumped up the price of the book considerably. (It cost me RM142 despite being relatively light on text - just 144 pages). But I appreciate having the illustrations which (quite rightly) pay homage to some of the great characters that Meadows befriended in the virtual world. The avatar he creates for himself if quite awesome!
"A pleasant stroll through the anarchic craziness of Second Life with a witty, well-informed guide. 9/10"
What is an avatar? Why are there nearly a billion of them, and who is using them? Do avatars impact our real lives, or are they just video game conceits? Is an avatar an inspired rendering of its creator’s inner self, or is it just one among millions of anonymous vehicles clogging the online freeways? Can we use our avatars to really connect with people, or do they just isolate us? And as we become more like our avatars do they become more like us? In I, Avata r , Mark Stephen Meadows answers some of these questions, but more importantly, he raises hundreds of others in his exploration of avatars and the fascinating possibilities they hold. His examination of avatars through the lenses of sociology, psychology, politics, history, and art, he will change the way you look at even a simple online profile and revolutionize the idea of avatars as part of our lives, whether first or second. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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