Research Essay on a Sub Culture
Imagine a group consisted mostly of males within the ages of eighteen to forty-five sitting in rows and columns, having no more than three feet of personal space in a room illuminated by computer screens as an attractive girl runs through the room wearing a bikini made for a fourteen-year-old which was in no doubt filled in quite nicely. This was a scene out of JobieLan, 2002. JobieLan was attended by ninety-four people from as far as London, England for an exhausting weekend during June 14 to 16 of 2002. JobieLan was sponsored by six major businesses, and a pawn shop. JobieLan was so successful that there are now plans of JobieLan 2003. JobieLan has become a phenomenon. What is JobieLan? JobieLan is part of a new growing culture: LAN parties. To a computer savvy person, this term is not new. The culture is growing, and fast. Random House Webster’s College Dictionary simply says a LAN is a, “Local Area Network,” but it is much more than that. A LAN is a way of connecting multiple computers together in an arrangement which allows the computers to communicate freely with one another. With the dawn of multiplayer computer games, LANs have become increasingly popular as a way to play head-to-head with other
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Approximate Word count = 916
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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