The professional identity of gameworkers

Convergence

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 335-353

  Deuze, Mark ^a   Martin, Chase Bowen ^a   Allen, Christian ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Art Institute Online   (United States)

Author keywords

Game development; Games industry; Gamework; New media labor; Work as play

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149186727     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354856507081947     Document Type: Article

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