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Gabriele Balbi, Le origini del telefono in Italia. Politica, economia, tecnologia, società, Milano, Mondadori
No full textTelefonia mobile: pratiche d’uso tra pubblico e privato
No full textCongresso organizzato con il contributo del programma Science in Society della Commissione Europea.
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Pubblicato online su www.stsitalia.org il 31 ottobre 2008
Fedele Paolo, (2007), Il computer di casa. Processi di informatizzazione dell’ambiente domestico, Cosenza, Pellegrini editore
No full textDrusian Michela, (2005), Acrobati dello specchio magico. L’esperienza degli adolescenti in chat, Milano, Guerini e Associati
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Giuseppina Pellegrino, (2004), Il cantiere e la bussola. Le reti Intranet tra innovazione e routine, Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino
No full textEthnography of online role playing games: the role of virtual and real contest in the construction of the field
No full textThis paper invites the reader into the world of MUDs (Multi User Domains). Its underlying goal is to analyse certain social challenges associated with computer mediated communication (CMC), specifically with respect to the concept of the game; the process involved in the construction of the online Self or personality, potentially perceived as the final culmination of the frequent "comings and goings" between the game and reality; the concept of community that develops between two different frames—the virtual world and the real one; and, finally, the concept of both online and offline "experience". The empirical research, focusing on a comparison between an Italian and a Canadian MUDs interactive game, used online ethnography as the basic premise of study and biographical interviews with the players themselves, as further validation of the phenomenon. A fundamental question faces a researcher when conducting the study of a MUD—is the online game the only realm to consider? What is the impact of a multitude of other media (Instant messaging, boards, e-mails, SMS etc.) used by mudders to communicate in order to organize the game and become familiar with each other? Is it necessary for a researcher to totally abandon the players' social premise even if s/he is focusing her/his research on online relationships? These are some of the questions this paper endeavours to answer, while also being cognizant of the methodological problems researchers encounter when studying the Internet, both as a medium (of communication) and as a research framework.
URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs070336
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