And the ringleaders were banned: an examination of protest in virtual worlds.

dc.contributor.authorBlodgett, Bridget Marie
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-07T14:29:50Z
dc.date.available2017-06-07T14:29:50Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractProtest has made the jump between the offline and the online spaces and is frequently used in most virtual worlds available today. Despite the frequency of these protest actions in virtual worlds, and their similarities to offline protest actions, further research is needed to see how the adaptation to a virtual environment changes the protest. This research uses case studies to examine several major protest actions that have occurred in several different virtual worlds over the last 10 years. The author finds that the use of the technology in virtual world enables very different methods of protest. She makes the argument that these differences are large enough that they require a deeper exploration and grounding in theoretical models for the field to grow into its potential.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bridget_Blodgett/publication/221144107_And_the_ringleaders_were_banned_an_examination_of_protest_in_virtual_worlds/links/00b7d51cb2bc350687000000/And-the-ringleaders-were-banned-an-examination-of-protest-in-virtual-worlds.pdf?origin=publication_detail&ev=pub_int_prw_xdl&msrp=15Cx-NR595FyvowwqEz8X3IBSpeM1x7xxSBfEx4fgX9ZM0dKMF_tBSbnmrTy9i10bVH5XUFiS1GmoQIYWGX8vSveHTf1NabSV2rTVc2vQ_c.Wubh-pcam4FpC8qvz3GvgL1xEd4lYnsaqodr4RO1NbmSzPv2Lu6qWP0zi19dCVRCUFrcqsKgUkaEr1AX1yd1ZQ.MY25sLQo_btTg8LAEAQ03gSRGkRBeixARrAFqrsTsaXk8HxQ1bddTojz6W38FFaxICy7tWaxU_Abc2B7WVwseA.YP7LgKPjnqhMgw3JGgH-au4EjOx4QZ-pD_hK3VwgZjoPaWhBKDozzAtqRvc2xm-Ywd3RX4tHwspCIN_wvz98SQen_US
dc.format.extent11 pagesen_US
dc.genreconference papers and proceedingsen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2K85K
dc.identifier.citationBlodgett, B. (2009). “And the Ringleaders Were Banned: An Examination of Protest in Virtual Worlds.” Communities & Technology Conference. University Park, Pennsylvania. June 25-27.en_US
dc.identifier.uri10.1145/1556460.1556481
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/3984
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherProceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Communities and Technologies, C&T 2009en_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Baltimore
dc.subjectVirtual Worldsen_US
dc.subjectCollective Actionen_US
dc.subjectWorld of Warcraften_US
dc.subjectEverquesten_US
dc.subjectComputer Mediated Communicationen_US
dc.subjectHacktivismen_US
dc.titleAnd the ringleaders were banned: an examination of protest in virtual worlds.en_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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