Communication, coordination, and camaraderie in world of warcraft

Games and Culture

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-73

  Chen, Mark G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Cooperation; Ethnography; MMOG; Online community; Player behavior; Raids; Social norms; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 61949217527     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412008325478     Document Type: Article

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