When social networking meets online games: The activity system of grouping in World of Warcraft

SIGDOC'07: Proceedings of the 25th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 14-20

  Sherlock, Lee M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Digital games; Digital gaming; FAQ; Genre theory; Grouping; MMOG; MMORPG; Paratext; Social interaction; Social networking; Technical writing; World of warcraft

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL GAMES; DIGITAL GAMING; GENRE THEORY; ONLINE GAMES; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TECHNICAL WRITING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ANIMATION;

EID: 42149114119     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1297144.1297148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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