{"product_id":"researching-virtual-worlds-louise-phillips-9780415624442","title":"Researching Virtual Worlds: Methodologies for Studying Emergent Practices","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume presents a wide range of methodological strategies that are designed to take into account the complex, emergent, and continually shifting character of virtual worlds. It interrogates how virtual worlds emerge as objects of study through the development and application of various methodological strategies. Virtual worlds are not considered objects that exist as entities with fixed attributes independent of our continuous engagement with them and interpretation of them. Instead, they are conceived of as complex ensembles of technology, humans, symbols, discourses, and economic structures, ensembles that emerge in ongoing practices and specific situations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA broad spectrum of perspectives and methodologies is presented: Actor-Network-Theory and post-Actor-Network-Theory, performativity theory, ethnography, discourse analysis, Sense-Making Methodology, visual ethnography, multi-sited ethnography, and Social Network Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louise Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415624444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415624442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.70w x 0.70d","brand":"Louise Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086635315455,"sku":"9780415624442","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da7f1451-7fa5-494f-afe6-5db01fb15eb6.jpg?v=1769095749","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/researching-virtual-worlds-louise-phillips-9780415624442","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}