How gamers manage aggression: Situating skills in collaborative computer games

International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-61

  Bennerstedt, Ulrika ^a   Ivarsson, Jonas ^a   Linderoth, Jonas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boss fights; Collaborative gaming; Coordinated action; Ethnomethodology; Gaming literacy; MMOG; Skill; Transfer; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857995988     PISSN: 15561607     EISSN: 15561615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11412-011-9136-6     Document Type: Article

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