Virtual "third places": A case study of sociability in massively multiplayer games

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 129-166

  Ducheneaut, Nicolas ^a   Moore, Robert J ^a   Nickell, Eric ^a  

^a PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated data collection; Online games; Sociability; Third places

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DATA ACQUISITION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AUTOMATED DATA COLLECTION; MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER ONLINE GAMES (MMOG); ONLINE GAMES; SOCIABILITY;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS;

EID: 34248529806     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: 15737551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-007-9041-8     Document Type: Article

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