Good clean fun? A content analysis of profanity in video games and its prevalence across game systems and ratings

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 457-460

  Ivory, James D ^a   Williams, Dmitri ^b   Martins, Nicole ^c   Consalvo, Mia ^d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNET; RATING SCALE; RECREATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VIOLENCE;

HUMANS; LANGUAGE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 68149099438     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2008.0337     Document Type: Article

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