Shields, Rob, 1961-

The virtual [electronic resource] / Rob Shields. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2003. - xvi, 246 p. : ill. - Key ideas . - Key ideas. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-233) and index.

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.




Electronic reproduction.
[London, Eng. :
Taylor and Francis,
2014].
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Information society.
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