Our virtual world the transformation of work, play, and life via technology /

Since the dawn of civilization, new technologies-from the plow to the locomotive to the computer-have transformed human lives. These changes have often been for the better, but occasionally also for the worse. No matter what consequence, these changes have always been irrevocable and pervasive. Toda...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Chidambaram, Lakshmanan, 1963-, Zigurs, Ilze, 1948-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2001.
Subjects:
Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
LEADER 03684nam a2200445 a 4500
001 29986
003 IGIG
005 20100720215521.0
006 m e d
007 cr bn||||m|||a
008 100713s2001 paua fsb 001 0ceng d
010 # # |z 00053914 
020 # # |a 9781930708921 (ebook) 
020 # # |z 1878289926 (hardcover) 
020 # # |z 9781878289926 (hardcover) 
024 7 # |a 10.4018/978-1-878289-92-6  |2 doi 
035 # # |a (CaBNVSL)gtp00542148 
035 # # |a (OCoLC)707616936 
040 # # |a CaBNVSL  |c CaBNVSL  |d CaBNVSL 
050 # 4 |a HM851  |b .O97 2001e 
082 0 4 |a 303.48/33  |2 21 
245 0 0 |a Our virtual world  |b the transformation of work, play, and life via technology /  |c [edited by] Laku Chidambaram, Ilze Zigurs.  |h [electronic resource] : 
260 # # |a Hershey, Pa. :  |b IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA),  |c c2001. 
300 # # |a electronic texts (ii, 250 p. : ill.) :  |b digital files. 
504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 # |a Going virtual : the driving forces and arrangements / Magid Igbaria ... [et al.] -- Am I doing what's expected? New member socialization in virtual groups / John E. Galvin, Manju K. Ahuja -- How are you going to keep them in the classroom after they've seen MTV? Online education in a virtual world / Fred Niederman, Bruce Rollier -- Meeting current challenges for virtually collocated teams : participation, culture, and integration / Gloria Mark -- Succeeding in the virtual world : how relationships add value on the Web / Diana Burley Gant -- Online poker and the individuals who play it / Ramesh Venkataraman -- Online recreation and play in organizational in organizational life : the Internet as virtual contested terrain / Jo Ann Oravec -- Play's the thing ... on the web! / Laku Chidambaram, Ilze Zigurs -- Citizens and spokesmen : politics and personal expression on the Web / Jennifer Petersen -- The virtual community : building on social structure, relations and trust to achieve value / Urs E. Gattiker ... [et al.] -- Sloan 2001 : a virtual odyssey / Wanda J. Orlikowski, JoAnne Yates & Nils Olaya Fonstad -- The search for a new identity : post-organ transplant recipients and the Internet / Marios Koufaris. 
506 # # |a Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers. 
520 3 # |a Since the dawn of civilization, new technologies-from the plow to the locomotive to the computer-have transformed human lives. These changes have often been for the better, but occasionally also for the worse. No matter what consequence, these changes have always been irrevocable and pervasive. Today's new technologies, from the well-connected computer to the digital communication infrastructure, are not exception. They are dramatically changing the way we work, play and live. The central theme of Our Virtual World: The Transformation of Work, Play and Life via Technology is the interplay of the ubiquity of the virtual environment and our evolving interactions in this changed context. 
530 # # |a Also available in print. 
538 # # |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
588 # # |a Title from ebook home page (viewed on July 13, 2010). 
650 # 0 |a Information society. 
650 # 0 |a Information technology  |x Social aspects. 
650 # 0 |a Internet  |x Social aspects. 
700 1 # |a Chidambaram, Lakshmanan,  |d 1963- 
700 1 # |a Zigurs, Ilze,  |d 1948- 
710 2 # |a IGI Global. 
776 0 # |c (Original)  |w (DLC) 00053914  |z 9781930708921  |z 1878289926 
856 4 0 |u https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-878289-92-6  |z View fulltext via EzAccess