Communication in virtual world: Second life and business opportunities

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 677-694

  Sharma, Gajendra ^a   Qiang, Ye ^a   Wenjun, Sun ^a   Qi, Lu ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Business opportunities; Communication; Online games; Second Life; Social networking; Virtual world

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION MEDIA; ON-LINE GAMES; SECOND LIFE; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; VIRTUAL WORLDS; WORD-OF-MOUTH COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); VIDEO CONFERENCING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84882451104     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-012-9347-z     Document Type: Article

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