Gender attribution in online video games

Journal of Media Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 114-124

  Eden, Allison ^a   Maloney, Erin ^a   Bowman, Nicholas David ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YOUNG HARRIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

avatar; game play; gender; online games; perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650407181     PISSN: 18641105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1864-1105/a000016     Document Type: Article

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