Acting your age in second life

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5294 LNCS, Issue , 2008, Pages 158-169

  Reed, Darren J ^a   Fitzpatrick, Geraldine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age identity; Older users; Performativity; Play; Second life

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

AGE-IDENTITY; OLDER USERS; PERFORMATIVITY; PLAY; SECOND LIFE;

SURVEYS;

EID: 57049138850     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-88322-7_16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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