Deviant bodies, stigmatized identities, and racist acts: Examining the experiences of African-American gamers in Xbox Live

New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 261-276

  Gray, K L ^a  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Race; Racism; Video games; Virtual ethnography; Virtual gaming

Indexed keywords

RACE; RACISM; VIDEO GAME; VIRTUAL ETHNOGRAPHY; VIRTUAL GAMING;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84871307268     PISSN: 13614568     EISSN: 17407842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13614568.2012.746740     Document Type: Article

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