A practical guide to the ethnographic study of online cultures, and beyond Ethnography and Virtual Worlds is the only book of its kind—a concise, comprehensiv

This title provides practical and detailed techniques for ethnographic research customized to reflect the specific issues of online virutal worlds, both game an

Millions of people around the world today spend portions of their lives in online virtual worlds. Second Life is one of the largest of these virtual worlds. The

Cutting though the exaggerated and fanciful beliefs about the new possibilities of `net life′, Hine produces a distinctive understanding of the significance o

This volume presents a wide range of methodological strategies that are designed to take into account the complex, emergent, and continually shifting character