Players who play to make others cry: The influence of anonymity and immersion

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 341-344

  Chen, Vivian Hsueh Hua ^a   Duh, Henry Been Lirn ^b   Ng, Chiew Woon ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Deindividuation; Games; Grief play; Immersion

Indexed keywords

SELF-DRIVEN; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 77749286412     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1690388.1690454     Document Type: Conference Paper

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