Testing social theories in computer-mediated communication through gaming and simulation

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 174-194

  Noy, Avi ^a   Raban, Daphne R ^a   Ravid, Gilad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Business games; Computer mediated communication; Information sharing; Information trading

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646433706     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878105286184     Document Type: Article

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