The Gamer's Quarter

dhex

i need another "book" source for a class paper.

anyway, if you've come across one, even if it sucks, lemme know.
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ApM · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:19 pm Post subject:

"Everything Bad Is Good For You" touches on them, a bit; mostly in the context of fandom.

Scratchmonkey · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439

After tapping my academic resources, they say that the following is your best bet:

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111/1467-954X.00190

Also, these might also be helpful:

http://www.danah.org/papers/

And:

http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol3/issue1/garton.html

dhex · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:59 pm Post subject:

YOU ARE A GOD OF WORDS AND SHIT.

i've got to do an analysis of freevibe.com as it relates to stealth marketing/viral marketing and government "covert propaganda" and it looks like this shit will come in muy handi-o.

also, what was that evolution of language for laymen book you recommended before? i gotta go pick that up.
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Scratchmonkey · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439

It helps to have a fiancee who has a masters in library/information sciences, has a job in the search engine industry and also has lots of contacts in all of the above fields. All of the above links came from her, so I really can't take much credit at all.

Book!: Historical Linguistics by Campbell.

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:35 pm Post subject:

Scratchmonkey · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439

Shit, if somebody wanted to make that my forum title, I would not complain.