Can you hear me now? the impact of voice in an online gaming community

Human Communication Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 427-449

  Williams, Dmitri ^a   Caplan, Scott ^b   Xiong, Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 34548827991     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2007.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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