Transforming digital virtual goods into meaningful possessions

Digital Virtual Consumption

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 76-91

  Denegri Knott, Janice ^a   Watkins, Rebecca ^a   Wood, Joseph ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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