Women's experiences of leisure: Implications for design

New Media and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-49

  Martinson, Anna M ^a,c   Schwartz, Nancy ^a,d   Vaughan, Misha Walker ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ORACLE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer; Design; Entertainment; Gender; Information and communication technology; Leisure; Play; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346763250     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146144480200400103     Document Type: Article

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