Why game (culture) studies now?

Games and Culture

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-102

  Steinkuehler, Constance A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Learning; Literacy; Massively multiplayer online games; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247241892     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412005281911     Document Type: Article

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