Why we distort in self-report: Predictors of self-report errors in video game play

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1010-1023

  Kahn, Adam S ^a   Ratan, Rabindra ^b   Williams, Dmitri ^c  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Large scale data; Massively multiplayer online games; Playing time; Self report errors; Unobtrusive measures

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; GAME PLAYERS; GAME PLAYING; GAME PLAYS; LARGE SCALE DATA; MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER ONLINE GAMES; PLAYING TIME; SELF-REPORT ERROR; UNOBTRUSIVE MEASURE; VIDEO-GAMES;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84899622982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12056     Document Type: Article

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