Platforms for mediated sociability and online social capital: The role of Facebook and massively multiplayer online games

Asian Journal of Communication

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 467-484

  Skoric, Marko M ^a   Kwan, Grace Chi En ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

civic gaming; social capital; social network sites; video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857948733     PISSN: 01292986     EISSN: 17420911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2011.587014     Document Type: Article

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