Immersive Internet : Reflections on the Entangling of the Virtual With Society, Politics and the Economy

Teigland, R. (EDT); Power, D. (EDT)

ISBN 10: 1349448842 / ISBN 13: 9781349448845

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Immersive Internet : Reflections on the Entangling of the Virtual With Society, Politics and the Economy
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1349448842
• ISBN 13: 9781349448845
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Collecting short thought pieces by some of the leading thinkers on the emerging 'Immersive Internet', Power and Teigland's book questions what a more immersive and intimate internet – based on social media, augmented reality, virtual worlds, online games, 3D internet and beyond – might mean for society and for each of us.

About the Author

Antti Ainamo, Aalto University, Finland Smiljana Antonijevi?, Roskilde University, Denmark James Barrett, Umeċ University, Sweden Tom Boellstorff, University of California, USA Cynthia Calongne, Colorado Technical University, USA Edward Castronova, Indiana University, USA Stefano Consiglio, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy Alicia B. Corts, University of Georgia, USA William N. Dilla, Iowa State University, USA Denise Doyle, University of Wolverhampton, UK Inger-Marie Falgren Christensen, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Andrew F. Forney, University of California, USA Richard L. Gilbert, Loyola Marymount University, California Chuck Hamilton, IBM Centre for Advanced Learning, Vancouver Andrew Harrison, Iowa State University, USA Jonny Holmström, Umeċ University, Sweden Isto Huvila, Uppsala University, Sweden Steve Mahaley, Duke Corporate Education, USA Gianluigi Mangia, University of Naples, Italy Andrew Marunchak, University of Hertfordshire, UK Rhonda McEwen, University of Toronto, Canada Brian E. Mennecke, Iowa State University, USA Riccardo Mercurio, of Napoli Federico II, Italy Tony O'Driscoll, Duke Corporate Education, USA Rick Oller, Artist and Software Designer, USA Dominic Power, Uppsala University, Sweden Peggy Sheehy, Suffern Middle School, USA Cristina Stefanelli, University Iuav of Venice, Italy Andrew Stricker, The Air University, USA Tuukka Tammi, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL),Finland Robin Teigland, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden Francisco Gerardo Toledo Ramírez, University of Western Ontario, Canada Maria Laura Toraldo, University Federico II of Naples, Italy Anthony M. Townsend, Iowa State University, USA Barry Wellman, University of Toronto, Canada Müberra Yüksel, Kadir Has University, Turkey Matthew Zook, University of Kentucky, USA