9781575861548
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Distributed for Center for the Study of Language and Information
Conversation and Community
Chat in a Virtual World
369 pages | 6 x 9 | © 1999
Anthropology: Cultural and Social Anthropology
Sociology: General Sociology
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to MUDs
2. Welcome to ElseMOO
3. Feautres of the MUD register
4. Medium Effects: Turn-Taking and Back Channels
5. Emotes and the Simple Present Tense
6. MUD Community
7. Postscript: Method and Ethics
2. Welcome to ElseMOO
3. Feautres of the MUD register
4. Medium Effects: Turn-Taking and Back Channels
5. Emotes and the Simple Present Tense
6. MUD Community
7. Postscript: Method and Ethics
Appendix A: LambdaMOO’s “Help Manners” File
Appendix B: ElseMOO Online Documents
Appendix C: Some Welcome Messages on ElseMOO
References