VIRTUAL ETHNOGRAPHY RESEARCH ON SECOND LIFE VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES
TURKISH ONLINE JOURNAL OF DISTANCE EDUCATION, cilt.12, sa.3, ss.108-117, 2011 (ESCI, Scopus)
- 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.