Disposable love: The rise and fall of a virtual pet

New Media and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 283-303

  Bloch, Linda Renée ^a,b   Lemish, Dafna ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Disposability; Relationships; Tamagotchi; Toys; Virtual games

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347085061     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14614449922225591     Document Type: Article

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