Factors that predict digital game play

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 258-272

  Green, Mary E ^a   McNeese, Mary Nell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital games; High school sophomores

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349141477     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646170802218321     Document Type: Article

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