Attention, Videogames and the Retentional Economies of Affective Amplification

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3-26

  Ash, James ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

affect; affective amplification; attention; technology; videogames

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870466340     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276412438595     Document Type: Article

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