I stronlgy recommend you the book "Communities of play" by Celia Pearce. It is very interesting because she covered a community of online players that lost their world, and had to face an online migration. You can find more here: http://cpandfriends.com/ Greetings, Alejandro Tortolini Science and technology journalist - Teacher Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2010/12/7 Fabien Lorc'h <fabien.lorch@gmail.com>
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am writing to you to present you my Master's dissertation subject .
I am currently a student in the Master's program in Political Science at the University of Rennes 1 in France.
For this Masters, I have decided to study an online role-playing community : The Renaissance Kingdoms: http://www.renaissancekingdoms.com/
The purpose of this study is to make a political analysis of this community, in a global meaning and thencommunity considered as a whole, through an analysis of some data :
- Register/Leave the game - Identity (virtual or real, sociological analysis of the players (I am planing to get a questionnaire for this) - Internal regulation and discipline (almost all institutions between characters having been planned by players) - Independence of this community with national culture and history (the game is in an alternate history of the 15th century in Europe)
The goal of this study is to think in an Aristotelian sense of Politics, and to see if there is a difference between the real world and the virtual environment. It is also to consider if the community has a clear particularity.
I would love to receive your help on possible research lines that maybe I have forgotten to study, or if you have ideas to concerning my approach.
If you have books or articles on this, please don't hesitate to contact me with suggestions.
Thank you so much for your time and attention.
-- Fabien Lorc'h
PS: Sorry in advance for my English that I am sure is catastrophic. _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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