The immersive impact of meta-media in a virtual world

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 450-455

  Guitton, Matthieu J ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avatar; Blog; Social density; Social interactions; Star Wars; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

AVATAR; BLOG; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; STAR WARS; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTERNET; QUALITY CONTROL; STARS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84855538057     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.10.016     Document Type: Article

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