Addressing social dilemmas and fostering cooperation through computer games

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Chen, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Deviance; Identity; Massively multiplayer online role playing game; Situated context; Social dilemma

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; DEVIANCE; IDENTITY; ROLE-PLAYING GAME; SITUATED CONTEXT; SOCIAL DILEMMAS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84873402318     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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