Gamers telling stories: Understanding narrative practices in an online community

Convergence

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 112-124

  Albrechtslund, Anne Mette ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Community; Fandom; Gaming; Identity; Internet; Narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949998292     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354856509348773     Document Type: Article

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