Have you played the war on terror?

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 112-130

  Stahl, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

America's Army; Citizenship; Gametime; Media; Militainment; Militarism; Netwar; Pentagon; Recruitment; Terrorism; Video Games; Virtuality; War; War on Terror

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745069602     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07393180600714489     Document Type: Article

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