The effects of collective MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games) play on gamers' online and offline social capital

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2352-2363

  Zhong, Zhi Jin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Online games; Social capital; Social networks

Indexed keywords

CHINESE CULTURE; CIVIC ENGAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER; NEW MEDIA; OFFLINE; ON-LINE GAMES; ONLINE SURVEYS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; ROLE-PLAYING GAME; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTERNET; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); VIRTUAL REALITY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 80052819190     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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