Emerging participatory culture practices: Player-created tiers in alternate reality games

Convergence

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-57

  Dena, Christy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Alternate reality games; Audience; Complexity; Culture; Game design; Media; Narrative; Personalization; Player types; Transmedia

Indexed keywords

EID: 61049555809     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354856507084418     Document Type: Article

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