Social interaction in games

International Journal of Arts and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 342-358

  Stenros, Jaakko ^a   Paavilainen, Janne ^a   Mäyrä, Frans ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Games; Gaming capital; Massive single player; Multiplayer; Performance; Play; Single player; Sociability; Social interaction; Social play

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

GAMES; GAMING CAPITAL; MASSIVE SINGLE PLAYER; MULTIPLAYERS; PERFORMANCE; PLAY; SINGLE PLAYER; SOCIABILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL PLAY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84858774885     PISSN: 17548853     EISSN: 17548861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJART.2011.041486     Document Type: Article

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