concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: virtual worlds

technology and social networking
type: Concept
narrower: virtual worlds

virtual worlds
type: Concept
broader: technology and social networking
definition: As emerging spaces of human sociality irreducible to any physical-world location, virtual worlds force a fundamental reconfiguration in the meanings and practices of global studies. Virtual worlds can be most succinctly defined as places of human culture realized by computer programs through the Internet. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Studies; Virtual Worlds]