Protecting face in virtual life: An ethnographic analysis of identity categories and informal systems of social control in massively multiplayer online worlds
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The growth of the digital gaming has led to new opportunities in observing and understanding human interaction. Through a focus upon the interactions of individuals in online worlds, this dissertation proposal is intended to expand methods and theory as they approach leadership and identity in online virtual worlds such as EVE Online and World of Warcraft.
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