The Scientific Research Potential of Virtual Worlds Export

@article{citeulike:1507451, abstract = {Online virtual worlds, electronic environments where people can work and interact in a somewhat realistic manner, have great potential as sites for research in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences, as well as in human-centered computer science. This article uses Second Life and World of Warcraft as two very different examples of current virtual worlds that foreshadow future developments, introducing a number of research methodologies that scientists are now exploring, including formal experimentation, observational ethnography, and quantitative analysis of economic markets or social networks. 10.1126/science.1146930}, author = {Bainbridge, William S.}, citeulike-article-id = {1507451}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1146930}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/317/5837/472}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17656715}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17656715}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://files.harc.edu/WWW/About/Internships/2007/ScienceArticle.pdf}, day = {27}, doi = {10.1126/science.1146930}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {forschung, forschungsmethode, research, secondlife, virtuelle\_welten}, month = {July}, number = {5837}, pages = {472--476}, posted-at = {2009-05-31 09:17:18}, priority = {2}, title = {The Scientific Research Potential of Virtual Worlds}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1146930}, volume = {317}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1507451 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1507451 N2 - Online virtual worlds, electronic environments where people can work and interact in a somewhat realistic manner, have great potential as sites for research in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences, as well as in human-centered computer science. This article uses Second Life and World of Warcraft as two very different examples of current virtual worlds that foreshadow future developments, introducing a number of research methodologies that scientists are now exploring, including formal experimentation, observational ethnography, and quantitative analysis of economic markets or social networks. 10.1126/science.1146930 IS - 5837 JF - Science EP - 476 TI - The Scientific Research Potential of Virtual Worlds VL - 317 SP - 472 KW - forschung KW - forschungsmethode KW - research KW - secondlife KW - virtuelle_welten AU - Bainbridge, William PY - 2007/07/27/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1146930 ER -