In Polite Company: Rules of Play in Five Facebook Games

Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 345-351

  Losh, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer games, social networks, Facebook applications, Design, Human Factors, Theory

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAMES, SOCIAL NETWORKS, FACEBOOK APPLICATIONS, DESIGN, HUMAN FACTORS, THEORY; FACEBOOK; ON-LINE GAMES; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 67649394297     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1501750.1501832     Document Type: Conference Paper

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