A Rhetoric of Bees: A Case Study of Emergent Community Building Practices within an MMO Rule Set

Authors

Ben McCorkle, OSUFollow
Matt Howard, The Ohio State University at MarionFollow

Abstract

This web text explores the various ways in which an online community of gamers builds and maintains its sense of community, including the production of game-related propaganda, a wiki account of the group's history, and an unconventional approach to game play.

About the Author(s)

Ben McCorkle is an Associate Professor in English at The Ohio State University-Marion whose interests include digital media studies, rhetorical theory, and video game culture.

Matthew Howard is a student at OSU Marion currently majoring in Psychology History Biology on hiatus. He is also a player of EVE Online and a member of GoonFleet.

DOI

10.15760/harlot.2012.7.7

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/39429

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

McCorkle, Ben and Howard, Matt (2012) "A Rhetoric of Bees: A Case Study of Emergent Community Building Practices within an MMO Rule Set," Harlot: A Revealing Look at the Arts of Persuasion: No. 7, 7.
https://doi.org/10.15760/harlot.2012.7.7