Video game uses and gratifications as predictors of use and game preference

Playing Video Games: Motives, Responses, and Consequences

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 248-262

  Sherry, John L ^a   Greenberg, Bradley S ^a   Lucas, Kristen ^b   Lachlan, Ken ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84880395921     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203873700     Document Type: Chapter

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