Refraining online games: Synthetic worlds as media for organizational communication

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 236, Issue , 2007, Pages 335-351

  Schultze, Ulrike ^a   Rennecker, Julie ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rennecker Research and Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; IS RESEARCHES; MASSIVELY-MULTIPLAYER; ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION; POSITION PAPERS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SOCIAL ACTIVITIES;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 35148853643     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73025-7_23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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