How players manage moral concerns to make video game violence enjoyable

Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-328

  Klimmt, Christoph ^a   Schmid, Hannah ^a   Nosper, Andreas ^a   Hartmann, Tilo ^a   Vorderer, Peter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Enjoyment; Entertainment; Moral management; Qualitative research; Theory; Video games; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 61249392832     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/COMMUN.2006.020     Document Type: Article

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