Virtual Reality: A Survival Guide for the Social Scientist

Journal of Media Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 95-113

  Fox, Jesse ^a   Arena, Dylan ^a   Bailenson, Jeremy N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

computer mediated communication; immersive virtual environments; media effects; virtual reality; virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 72949113687     PISSN: 18641105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105.21.3.95     Document Type: Article

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