AN URBAN ENCOUNTER: Realizing online connectedness through local urban play

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 340-361

  Shklovski, Irina ^a   de Souza e Silva, Adriana ^b  

^a IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community; location awareness; mobility; play; social relationships; urban games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875922520     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2012.756049     Document Type: Article

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