《Ethnography and Virtual Worlds》是2012年Princeton University Press出版社出版的圖書，作者是Tom Boellstorff、Bonnie Nardi、Celia Pearce、T. L. Taylor。
基本介紹
- 中文名：Ethnography and Virtual Worlds
- 作者：Tom Boellstorff、Bonnie Nardi、Celia Pearce、T. L. Taylor
- 出版時間：2012年9月16日
- 出版社：Princeton University Press
- 頁數：264 頁
- ISBN：9780691149516
- 裝幀：Paperback
內容簡介,作者簡介,
內容簡介
"Ethnography and Virtual Worlds" is the only book of its kind - a concise, comprehensive, and practical guide for students, teachers, designers, and scholars interested in using ethnographic methods to study online virtual worlds, including both game and nongame environments. Written by leading ethnographers of virtual worlds, and focusing on the key method of participant observation, the book provides invaluable advice, tips, guidelines, and principles to aid researchers through every stage of a project, from choosing an online fieldsite to writing and publishing the results. This title provides practical and detailed techniques for ethnographic research customized to reflect the specific issues of online virtual worlds, both game and nongame. It draws on research in a range of virtual worlds, including Everquest, Second Life, There.com, and World of Warcraft. It provides suggestions for dealing with institutional review boards, human subjects protocols, and ethical issues. It guides the reader through the full trajectory of ethnographic research, from research design to data collection, data analysis, and writing up and publishing research results. It addresses myths and misunderstandings about ethnographic research, and argues for the scientific value of ethnography.
作者簡介
Bonnie Nardi: a faculty member in the Department of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. [email protected] (http://www.artifex.org/~bonnie/)
