Virtual sociocultural convergence. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: William Sims Bainbridge.
• Authors: Bainbridge, William Sims
• Contents: Introduction: Virtual Sociocultural Convergence -- Technological Determinism in Construction of an Online Society -- Convergence in Online Urban Environments -- Social Organizations in Online Virtual Worlds -- Autonomy within Rigid Rule-Based Systems -- Modeling Social Stratification in Online Games -- Linguistic Convergence and Divergence in Middle Earth -- Functional Equivalence across Virtual Cultures -- Individual Incentives for Investment in Gameworlds -- Divergence in the Fall of a Virtual Civilization -- Alienation and Assimilation in a Warcraft World.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 260 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 004.6; Computer science; Internet games; Internet -- Social aspects; Natural language processing (Computer science); Computational linguistics; COMPUTERS -- Computer Literacy; COMPUTERS -- Computer Science; COMPUTERS -- Data Processing; COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- General; COMPUTERS -- Information Technology; COMPUTERS -- Machine Theory; COMPUTERS -- Reference; Internet games; Computational linguistics; Internet -- Social aspects; Natural language processing (Computer science); Computers -- User Interfaces; Psychology -- Personality; User interface design & usability; The self, ego, identity, personality; Society & social sciences; Consciousness; Social sciences_xData processing; Computers -- Social Aspects -- General; Ethical & social aspects of IT; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319330204; 3319330209; 3319330195; 9783319330198
• Related ISBNs: 9783319330198
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 18, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.