Ruling the virtual world: Governance in massively multiplayer online games

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-171

  Humphreys, Sal ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer games; Governance; MMOG; Online games; Social software; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149133109     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: 14603551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367549407088329     Document Type: Article

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