Posts Tagged “world of warcraft”

The Information Needs of Gamers: A User Group Analysis

by Diana on April 3, 2009

You have met them before, may have children that are or even consider yourself one. This group of people cuts across all demographics including age, race, gender, class, nationality, and education (Squire and Steinkuehler, 2005). Together they spend an average (…)

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Appadurai’s Global Cultural Economy and World of Warcraft…

by Diana on November 20, 2007

In class this week are we talking about Globalization and Arjun Appadurai which sparked some thoughts in me on how I’d like to study globalization through interactions online. What I am interested in is seeing the mashup of ethnoscapes, mediascapes, (…)

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