Information behavior and the formation and maintenance of peer cultures in Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games: A case study of City of Heroes

Proceedings of DiGRA 2005 Conference: Changing Views - Worlds in Play

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Adams, Suellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Information behavior theory; Meaning making; MMORPG; Peer culture; Play theory

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; INFORMATION BEHAVIOR; MEANING-MAKING; MMORPG; MMORPGS; MULTIPLAYERS; OFFLINE; PLAY THEORY; ROLE-PLAYING GAME; SOCIAL CONVENTION; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MAINTENANCE; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); VIRTUAL REALITY;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84873347212     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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