Press Enter to "Say": Using Second Life to Teach Critical Media Literacy

Computers and Composition

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-322

  deWinter, Jennifer ^a   Vie, Stephanie ^b  

^a WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avatar; Composition; Computer game; Ethics; Media literacy; Online simulation; Power; Second Life; Subjectivity; Video game

Indexed keywords

EID: 48649093672     PISSN: 87554615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compcom.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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