CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Ilioaia, Mihai-Alexandru |
|---|---|
| Title | GOLD RUSH: COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATION OF LEGITIMACY IN REAL MONEY TRADING OF VIRTUAL ITEMS AS PART OF THE GLOBAL INFORMAL SECTOR |
| Summary | The discussion regarding the real money trading of virtual items contained in this paper makes use of theories regarding ludic theory and the informal sector, as well as empirical findings gathered in the field, by means of interviews to explore the uneasy relation that money and physical world economic disparities have with self-contained game worlds and the tensions that arise from this contact and showing how the two are actually intimately connected. The paper will show how, despite hot-headed and aggressive discourses against the real money trading, that the practice is much more internalized than one would assume at first and that it is not restricted at being the dominion of a select few, but is rather-wide spread, taking many forms and being constantly negotiated by players, both at individual and collective levels. |
| Supervisor | Dafinger, Andreas; Fabiani, Jean-Louis |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/ilioaia_mihai.pdf |
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