Battlefields Of Negotiation

Download or read book Battlefields of Negotiation written by Rene Glas and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The massively multiplayer online role-playing game 'World of Warcraft' has become one of the most popular computer games of the past decade, introducing millions around the world to community-based play. Within the boundaries set by its design, the game encourages players to appropriate and shape the game to their own wishes, resulting in highly diverse forms of play and participation. This illuminating study frames 'World of Warcraft' as a complex socio-cultural phenomenon defined by and evolving as a result of the negotiations between groups of players as well as the game's owners, throwing new light on complex consumer- producer relationships in the increasingly participatory but still tightly controlled media of online games.