The Virtual.

The Virtual.

This work argues that the virtual has become one of the key organising principles of contemporary society for the public realms of politics and business as well as private life from sex to shopping.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shields, Rob
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2002.
Series:Key Ideas Ser.
Subjects:
Information society.
Virtual reality > Social aspects.
Information society
Virtual reality > Social aspects
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The return of the virtual; 2 The virtual and the real; 3 Digital virtualities; 4 Virtual Africa; 5 Joystick generation: cyberpunks, camkids and family life; 6 Work: virtual working; 7 Business sense for a virtual world; 8 Risk culture, trust and the virtual; 9 The future of the virtual; Notes; References; Index.

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