Anyone speak Spanish?: Language encounters in multi-user virtual environments and the influence of technology

New Media and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 475-498

  Axelsson, Ann Sofie ^a   Abelin, Åsa ^b   Schroeder, Ralph ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication (CMC); Intercultural communication; Internet; Language encounters; Social interaction; User oriented design; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346947294     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146144480354002     Document Type: Article

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