Social networking and digital gaming media convergence: Classification and its consequences for appropriation

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 447-459

  Griffiths, Marie ^a   Light, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Digital gaming; Ethics; Household adoption; MUDs; New media; Online community; Play; Social media; Social networking

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; TECHNOLOGY;

(OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; BUSINESS MEDIA; DIGITAL GAMING; ECONOMIC VALUES; ETHICAL PROBLEMS; FIELD STUDIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ITC); MEDIA CONVERGENCE; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; ONLINE ACTIVITIES; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SPRINGER (CO); VIRTUAL OBJECTS;

RIGHTS OF WAY;

EID: 46749104667     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-008-9105-4     Document Type: Article

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