The cult of champ man: The culture and pleasures of Championship Manager/Football Manager gamers

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 496-514

  Crawford, Garry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital games; Everyday life; Football; Performativity; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747779410     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180600858721     Document Type: Article

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