Claiming a stake in the videogame: What grown-ups say to rationalize and normalize gaming

Convergence

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-159

  Thornham, Helen ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adulthood; discourse; play; pleasure; social gaming

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955789475     PISSN: 13548565     EISSN: 17487382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354856508101580     Document Type: Review

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