VIRTUAL ETHNOGRAPHY RESEARCH ON SECOND LIFE VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES

FIRAT M., KABAKÇI YURDAKUL I.

TURKISH ONLINE JOURNAL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION, cilt.12, sa.3, ss.108-117, 2011 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH ONLINE JOURNAL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.108-117
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Second Life, virtual ethnography, participant observation, virtual communities
  • Anadolu Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The rise of digital technologies like 3D virtual worlds has the potential to open new directions in virtual ethnography researches. Although there has been a lot of discussion about conducting research in online spaces and in virtual games, there are few studies on conducting research in virtual worlds.