Understanding social interaction in world of warcraft

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 203, Issue , 2007, Pages 21-24

  Chen, Vivian Hsueh Hua ^a   Duh, Henry Been Lirn ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

MMORPG; Social computing; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MMORPG; SOCIAL COMPUTING; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547973351     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1255047.1255052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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