Where do we go from here? Readers' responses to interactive fiction: Narrative structures, reading pleasure and the impact of interface design

Convergence

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-94

  Pope, James ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empirical study; Hypertext; Interactive fiction; Interface design; Narrative; Reader response

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949987938     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354856509348774     Document Type: Article

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