A microcosm of change: The impact of the videogame industry on social networking and the consumer media experience

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Consumer Electronics, ISCE

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Carbonara, Corey P ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; DYNAMIC LEARNING; ECONOMIC VALUES; INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM; MULTI CORES; NEW INDUSTRY; PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES; SEAMLESS CONNECTIVITY; SERIOUS GAMES; SOCIAL CHANGES; SOCIAL NETWORKING; VIDEOGAMES; VIRTUAL WORLDS; WIRELESS INTERFACES;

DATA PROCESSING; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; PAPER COATING; POWER GENERATION; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; TECHNOLOGY;

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 50249146358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISCE.2007.4382206     Document Type: Conference Paper

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