Enhancing one life rather than living two: Playing MMOs with offline friends

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1211-1222

  Snodgrass, Jeffrey G ^a   Lacy, Michael G ^a   Francois Dengah II, H J ^b   Fagan, Jesse ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer games; Immersion; Internet addiction; Problematic MMO play; Social ties

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAME; IMMERSION; INTERNET ADDICTION; PROBLEMATIC MMO PLAY; SOCIAL TIES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SURVEYS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

INTERNET;

EID: 79952183952     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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