Ethnography of online role-playing games: The role of virtual and real contest in the construction of the field

Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Isabella, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community; Computer mediated communication; Experience; Identity; Narrative; Online and offline ethnography; Role playing games

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048956430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14385627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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