Games and social Nnetworks in popular lan house: a look on anthropology uses in collective and sociability "local club"

• Main Author: Carla Barros
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing - ESPM 2009-03-01
• Series: Internext: Revista Eletrônica de Negócios Internacionais
• Subjects: consumo; etnografia; lan houses; sociabilidade; camadas populares
• Online Access: https://internext.espm.br/internext/article/view/73

This article aims to discuss some aspects of the appropriations of computer technology in the universe of urban classes, focusing on the environment of lan houses and sailing in social networks and games. The study has the principal orientation of the anthropological approach to consumption, using a methodology of ethnographic inspiration. " Even when they do not have computers at home, the young people surveyed showed a great familiarity with certain aspects of digital life, due to high frequency in the lan houses. The survey results show that ownership of these spaces as a sort of local club, as well as practice of navigation collective - are "collective machinery, working in a collaborative world, where many users are on a same computer, interacting during navigation - the importance of strengthening the social ties existing practices related to virtual networks of relationships.