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Social Virtual Reality Debate

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Questioning Reality

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvSun Joo (Grace) Ahn,Bree McEwan

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An accessible, engaging, and timely overview of the key debates surrounding the ongoing role of VR in society, exploring extended reality (XR), immersive VR, augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR).Research on VR is quickly evolving, having started with experiments on basic perceptual effects of deep immersion in virtual worlds, but has now expanded to questions of adequate content for the medium, behavioral changes, therapy and learning uses, identification issues, the evocation of emotions and empathy, and pressing ethical concerns. The Social Virtual Reality Debate: Questioning Reality moves beyond the hype of what VR might be in technological terms to focus on motivations and opportunities for adoption: what are the goals and needs of potential social VR users? What do they find in these immersive environments that they cannot find in physical spaces or existing online fora? How do we ensure that social VR spaces do not replicate or reinforce social norms and imperatives? Featuring perspectives from VR scholars and industry professionals who are conducting research and engaging with questions of ethics and privacy at the forefront of this rapidly transforming media landscape, the book explores the key areas that will inform the next cycle of social VR development, pedagogy, educational policy, organizational communication, and future training.This book provides an essential overview of evidence-based ‘hot takes’ in virtual reality scholarship, suitable for students and scholars in the disciplines of media, communication, culture, information and technology, and related research areas.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-09-07
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Debates in Digital Media Studies
Antal sidor206
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781032785578

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Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn is a Professor at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia, USA. She is the founding director of the Center for Advanced Computer-Human Ecosystems. Her research investigates how immersive technologies such as virtual and augmented reality transform traditional rules of communication and social interactions, looking at how virtual experiences shape the way that people think, feel, and behave in the physical world.Bree McEwan is a Professor of Mediated Communication in the Institute for Communication, Culture, Information and Technology at the University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada. She is also an Associate Director of the University of Toronto Data Sciences Institute and the director of the McEwan Mediated Communication Lab. Her research focuses on how the affordances of mediated technologies influence human communication processes and social interaction.

List of ContributorsIntroduction. Centering the Social in Immersive Spaces. Bree McEwan and Grace Ahn. Chapter 1. Social VR: Playful, purposeful, or something else. Nicholas David Bowman, Kristine L. Nowak, Michael Nixon, Lynn Miller, Yoon Esther Lee, and Jih-Hsuan Tammy Lin. Chapter 2. Social Relationships and Virtual Reality. Jesse Fox, Tilo Hartmann, and Matthew J. A. Craig. Chapter 3. The Mixed Reality Realism/Authenticity Framework: An Organisational Structure for Research. Eugy Han, Benjamin J. Li, Rabrindra A. Ratan, and Heng Zhang. Chapter 4. Debating the Digital Divide in the Age of Extended Realities: Who Is (and Isn’t) Ready for an Immersive Future? Christopher Ball, Kuo-Ting Huang, Joomie Li, and Chaeyun Lim. Chapter 5. Why Not on Zoom? Replacing or Integrating Technologies with Collaborative XR. Diego Gomez- Zara. Chapter 6. Should Social XR Always be Immersive? Eugene KukshinovChapter 7. Virtual Reality and Pedagogy: Beyond the Hype. Michelle LuiChapter 8. Virtual Reality, Real Bias: Fostering Inclusivity in Virtual Worlds. Breigha Adeymo, Maxwell McGee, Andrea Stevenson Won, Danny Pimentel Index