Let the Games Begin: Civic Playing on High-Tech Consoles

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-153

  Bers, Marina Umaschi ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; civic engagement; computer games; Internet; young adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953839955     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019490     Document Type: Article

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