Unintended outcomes in Second Life: Intercultural literacy and cultural identity in a virtual world

Language and Intercultural Communication

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-118

  Diehl, William C ^a   Prins, Esther ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity system; Computer mediated communication; Cultural identity; Intercultural literacy; Internet mediated communication; Virtual world

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249084179     PISSN: 14708477     EISSN: 1747759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14708470802139619     Document Type: Article

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