dc.contributor.author | Geser, Hans | de |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-05-24T09:24:00Z | de |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-12-07T13:23:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-12-07T13:23:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | de |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/32333 | |
dc.description.abstract | "Contrasting with various 'virtual communities', Second Life is a genuine 'virtual society' with the potential to provide a universal framework of interoperability between unlimited masses of individual as well as collective actors. By mirroring (end even amplifying) the acentrism and individualism of contemporary society, it is characterized by precarious member motivation, conservative conventionalism, a strong focus on money, a tendency toward class formation and a conspicuous deficit in politics and the public sphere. On the other hand, it contrasts with 'First Life' by offering malleable artifacts and situated environments which are likely to transform deeply the way people surf and interact on the net." (author's abstract) | en |
dc.description.tableofcontents | Content: 1.Introduction; 2. "Second Life" as a virtual society: some sociological antecedents, correlates and consequences; 2.1 On the (still underdeveloped) concept of "virtual society"; 2.2 Selective and irregular patterns of participation; 2.3 No scarcities and easy exit options: two conditions for high individualism and low levels of organization; 2.4 Sense of embodiment and "virtual presence"; 2.5 High affinity for conventionalities, fashions and formalized institutions and procedures; 2.6 Virtual artefacts as a new hybrid intermediary between material and immaterial culture; 2.7 Second Life as a Platonic, ahistorical world; 2.8 High stakes and investments as a basis for status struggles and social classes; 2.9 Deficiencies in overall transparency, public sphere and political organization; 2.10 The "Virtual Reality" of SL as a source of ambiguities; 3. Conclusive remarks; References | de |
dc.language | en | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Sociology & anthropology | en |
dc.subject.ddc | News media, journalism, publishing | en |
dc.subject.ddc | Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Soziologie, Anthropologie | de |
dc.subject.other | Second Life; Avatar | |
dc.title | A very real Virtual Society: some macrosociological reflections on "Second Life" | de |
dc.description.review | unbekannt | de |
dc.description.review | unknown | en |
dc.publisher.country | DEU | |
dc.publisher.city | Zürich | de |
dc.subject.classoz | Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie | de |
dc.subject.classoz | General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories | en |
dc.subject.classoz | interaktive, elektronische Medien | de |
dc.subject.classoz | Interactive, electronic Media | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Mediengesellschaft | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | media society | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | virtuelle Gemeinschaft | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | virtual community | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | virtuelle Realität | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | virtual reality | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Makrosoziologie | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | macrosociology | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | computervermittelte Kommunikation | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | computer-mediated communication | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Internet | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | Internet | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Interaktion | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | interaction | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | soziales Netzwerk | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | social network | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | soziale Beziehungen | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | social relations | en |
dc.identifier.urn | urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-323336 | |
dc.date.modified | 2012-05-24T09:24:00Z | de |
dc.rights.licence | Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung | de |
dc.rights.licence | Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications | en |
ssoar.greylit | true | de |
ssoar.contributor.institution | USB Köln | de |
internal.status | formal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossen | de |
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dc.type.stock | monograph | de |
dc.type.document | Arbeitspapier | de |
dc.type.document | working paper | en |
dc.rights.copyright | f | de |
dc.source.pageinfo | 27 | de |
internal.identifier.classoz | 10201 | |
internal.identifier.classoz | 1080404 | |
internal.identifier.document | 3 | |
dc.contributor.corporateeditor | Universität Zürich, Philosophische Fakultät, Soziologisches Institut | |
internal.identifier.corporateeditor | 373 | |
internal.identifier.ddc | 070 | |
internal.identifier.ddc | 301 | |
dc.description.pubstatus | Unknown | en |
dc.description.pubstatus | unbekannt | de |
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internal.identifier.review | 4 | |
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internal.check.abstractlanguageharmonizer | CERTAIN | |
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