Games and social Nnetworks in popular lan house: a look on anthropology uses in collective and sociability "local club"

This article aims to discuss some aspects of the appropriations of computer technology in the universe of urban classes, focusing on the environment of lan houses and sailing in social networks and games. The study has the principal orientation of the anthropological approach to consumption, using a...

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Main Author: Carla Barros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing - ESPM 2009-03-01
Series:Internext: Revista Eletrônica de Negócios Internacionais
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Online Access:https://internext.espm.br/internext/article/view/73
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description This article aims to discuss some aspects of the appropriations of computer technology in the universe of urban classes, focusing on the environment of lan houses and sailing in social networks and games. The study has the principal orientation of the anthropological approach to consumption, using a methodology of ethnographic inspiration. " Even when they do not have computers at home, the young people surveyed showed a great familiarity with certain aspects of digital life, due to high frequency in the lan houses. The survey results show that ownership of these spaces as a sort of local club, as well as practice of navigation collective - are "collective machinery, working in a collaborative world, where many users are on a same computer, interacting during navigation - the importance of strengthening the social ties existing practices related to virtual networks of relationships.
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spelling doaj.art-08d5ff6414a344f6a37f7e40b9fa0a2e2022-12-21T18:57:11ZengEscola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing - ESPMInternext: Revista Eletrônica de Negócios Internacionais1980-48652009-03-013219921610.18568/1980-4865.32199-21670Games and social Nnetworks in popular lan house: a look on anthropology uses in collective and sociability "local club"Carla Barros0ESPMThis article aims to discuss some aspects of the appropriations of computer technology in the universe of urban classes, focusing on the environment of lan houses and sailing in social networks and games. The study has the principal orientation of the anthropological approach to consumption, using a methodology of ethnographic inspiration. " Even when they do not have computers at home, the young people surveyed showed a great familiarity with certain aspects of digital life, due to high frequency in the lan houses. The survey results show that ownership of these spaces as a sort of local club, as well as practice of navigation collective - are "collective machinery, working in a collaborative world, where many users are on a same computer, interacting during navigation - the importance of strengthening the social ties existing practices related to virtual networks of relationships.https://internext.espm.br/internext/article/view/73consumoetnografialan housessociabilidadecamadas populares
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Games and social Nnetworks in popular lan house: a look on anthropology uses in collective and sociability "local club"
Internext: Revista Eletrônica de Negócios Internacionais
consumo
etnografia
lan houses
sociabilidade
camadas populares
title Games and social Nnetworks in popular lan house: a look on anthropology uses in collective and sociability "local club"
title_full Games and social Nnetworks in popular lan house: a look on anthropology uses in collective and sociability "local club"
title_fullStr Games and social Nnetworks in popular lan house: a look on anthropology uses in collective and sociability "local club"
title_full_unstemmed Games and social Nnetworks in popular lan house: a look on anthropology uses in collective and sociability "local club"
title_short Games and social Nnetworks in popular lan house: a look on anthropology uses in collective and sociability "local club"
title_sort games and social nnetworks in popular lan house a look on anthropology uses in collective and sociability local club
topic consumo
etnografia
lan houses
sociabilidade
camadas populares
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