The Changing Dynamic of Social Interaction in World of Warcraft: The Impacts of Game Feature Change

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 356-359

  Chen, Vivian Hsueh Hua ^a   Duh, Henry Been Lirn ^b   Renyi, Hong ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Social interaction, Social computing, MMO Game, Human Factors, Theory

Indexed keywords

CHANGING DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY SIZE; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP; MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER GAMES; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL INTERACTION, SOCIAL COMPUTING, MMO GAME, HUMAN FACTORS, THEORY; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 67649411706     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1501750.1501834     Document Type: Conference Paper

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