Sex, Lies, and Video Games: Moral Panics or Uses and Gratifications

Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 345-352

  Puri, Kunal ^a   Pugliese, Rudy ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; gender; role playing; sex; video games; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891633646     PISSN: 02704676     EISSN: 15524183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0270467612463799     Document Type: Article

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