Producing knowledge in collaborative research about virtual worlds: discursive constructions of Second Life

Authors

  • Louise Jane Phillips Roskilde University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v2i5.829

Keywords:

collaborative research, discourse analysis, discourses, discursive construction of virtual worlds, knowledge construction, reflexive analysis of research process, Second Life, virtual worlds.

Abstract

The topic of the paper is the production of knowledge about the virtual world, Second Life, in a collaborative research project in Denmark on sense-making processes and social and cultural innovation in virtual worlds. The paper applies a discourse analytical approach (based on Fairclough

Author Biography

Louise Jane Phillips, Roskilde University

Associate Professor

Communication Studies

Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies

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Published

2010-02-09

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Section

Peer Reviewed Research Papers