Full Description
This book explores the diverse methods and facets of communication in the metaverse, from interpersonal relationships to health communication, and from collaboration in the workplace to social interaction in educational contexts. More specifically, the book analyses the profound interplay between the metaverse and the larger communicative context in which it is entrenched. In this manner, the work concentrates on the factors underlying its origins, development, actualization, and popularity, as well as the fundamental discords, uncertainties, and dangers that can have serious consequences on both society and the individual.
Explores diverse methods of communication in the metaverse, from interpersonal relationships to health communication;
Analyses the interplay between the metaverse and the larger communicative context in which it is entrenched;
Concentrates on the metaverse's popularity and potential as well as the discords and dangers it presents.
Contents
Introduction.- What Is the Metaverse.- Communication in the Metaverse.- Social Construction and Self-Presentation.- Nonverbal Communication in the Metaverse.- Interaction, Collaboration, and Training in the Workplace.- Education in the Metaverse.- Deception in the Metaverse.- Other Problems: Privacy Concerns, Surveillance, and Hate Speech.- Discussion and Future Directions.- Conclusion.
