This book examines the convergence of media in the largest residential virtual community to date in the gaming world: Second Life. This user content-driven platform has brought media makers and audiences together in interactive environments where news, entertainment, and art have become programming for virtual media networks with implications for traditional mainstream programming and distribution. New media moguls are emerging from Second Life and expanding to the larger Metaverse. This book explores media's role in reporting and reflecting the social, political, and economic issues within Second Life and beyond, and includes more than a dozen interviews of active Second Life residents.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
ISBN-13
9781433106170
eBay Product ID (ePID)
115985416
Product Key Features
Author
Phylis Johnson
Publication Name
Second Life, Media, and the Other Society
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Engineering & Technology, Social Sciences, Sociology, Computer Science
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
284 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
230mm
Item Width
160mm
Volume
58
Item Weight
620g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Phylis Johnson
Series Title
Digital Formations
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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