In Pursuit of Play: Toward a Social Cognitive Understanding of Determinants of Digital Play

Communication Theory

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 205-223

  De Grove, Frederik ^a   Cauberghe, Verolien ^a   Van Looy, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; PLAY; SOCIAL THEORY;

EID: 84897932327     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: 14682885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/comt.12030     Document Type: Article

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