Social identification and interpersonal attraction in MUDs

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-101

  Utz, Sonja ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Group behavior; Interpersonal attraction; MUDs; Social identification; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038336728     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024//1421-0185.62.2.91     Document Type: Article

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