Terra nova 2.0-The new world of MMORPGs

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-127

  Gunkel, David J ^a   Gunkel, Ann Hetzel ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chair Emeritus in the Business and Entrepreneurship Department at Columbia College Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer games; Cultural studies; Ethics; Information technology; New media

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449567356     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295030902860195     Document Type: Article

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