Gender and computer games: Exploring females' dislikes

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 910-931

  Hartmann, Tilo ^a   Klimmt, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hanover University of Music and Drama   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAMES; GAME DESIGN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; SURVEYS;

CONJOINT ANALYSIS; GAME DESIGN; GENDER ROLES; INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT; ONLINE SURVEYS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; VIDEO-GAMES;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 33750014029     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2006.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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