35.2418, Books: Conversing in the Metaverse: Kaier (2024)

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Subject: 35.2418, Books: Conversing in the Metaverse: Kaier (2024)

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Date: 06-Sep-2024
From: Rachel Bradshaw [rachel.bradshaw at bloomsbury.com]
Subject: Conversing in the Metaverse: Kaier (2024)


Title: Conversing in the Metaverse
Subtitle: The Embodied Future of Online Communication
Publication Year: 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
                http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/
Book URL:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/conversing-in-the-metaverse-9781350338517/

Author: Jieun Kiaer
Hardback: ISBN: 9781350338517 Pages: 264 Price: U.K. £ 95
Abstract:

How do metaverse technologies change how we communicate with each
other? This book explores how existing metaverse technologies affect
our communication, both verbal and non-verbal, as well as the
ramifications of these effects.

Communication is central to the human experience, and how we currently
communicate (and will communicate) can affect our sense of identity
and relationships with others, which can have huge long term societal
repercussions. Utilising methods of digital ethnography and linguistic
landscape, this book takes an in-depth look at what exactly the
metaverse is-or will be-and tracks the technological and societal
trends that surround it. To do so, it questions what differentiates
the metaverse from earlier connected virtual worlds like World of
Warcraft or Second Life, and features extracts from interviews with
the users and developers of current metaverses, such as Roblox,
Minecraft, and Gather.town. It also investigates the impact of the
pandemic in changing and accelerating how we communicate in virtual
spaces.

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     General Linguistics

Written In: English (eng)



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