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WRITING MOTR INTO RUNNING ................................................................................ 82
CONNECTING OFFLINE ................................................................................................. 85
CONCLUSIONS MOM ON THE RUN ............................................................................ 86
CONCLUSIONS ON DIGITAL RUNNING COMMUNITIES........................................... 87
III. BANDS OF BROTHERS, GIFTING IN FPS CLANS....................................................... 92
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 92
GAMING, LEISURE, AND DISCIPLINE........................................................................ 93
CALL OF DUTY, CONSOLES, AND CONNECTIVITY ................................................. 98
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GAMING COMMUNITIES ................................................105
PLACE, GIFTS, AND DIGITAL ECONOMIES............................................................. 110
APPLICATION: GAMING, GIFTING, AND ONLINE COMMUNITY .......................... 118
EMPLACED LIVES AND COD .......................................................................................120
GIFTING WITHIN DIGITAL ECONOMY .................................................................... 128
WORK/PLAY .................................................................................................................... 133
CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................... 136
IV. I HAVE ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS. INTERNATIONAL FAN
PROFESSIONALIZATION ON VIKI ..................................................................................... 138
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 138
VIKI AND PLACE............................................................................................................. 144
OPEN SOURCE, OPEN ACCESS: COMMUNITY WIKI BUILDING........................ 152
LANGUAGE, LEISURE, AND INTERNATIONAL FILM........................................... 156
APPLICATION: BUILD A PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE OF VOLUNTEERS .......160
VIKI, MELODRAMA, AND PLACE ............................................................................... 161
WORK AND LEISURE .................................................................................................... 168
COMMUNITY ...................................................................................................................180
CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................... 185
V. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................... 188
REVIEW................................................................................................................................. 191
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS…………………..………………………………………………………… 195
FUTURE AVENUES OF RESEARCH................................................................................ 198
RUNNING COMMUNITIES........................................................................................... 198
GAMING COMMUNITIES ............................................................................................. 199
TRANSLATION COMMUNITIES................................................................................. 200
WORKS CITED.........................................................................................................................201
MEDIA AND SOFTWARE CITED ................................................................................. 213
VITA ........................................................................................................................................... 215