The Effects of Video Game Controls on Hostility, Identification, and Presence

Mass Communication and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-48

  Williams, Kevin D ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872394965     PISSN: 15205436     EISSN: 15327825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2012.661113     Document Type: Article

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