Mapping virtual communities by their visual productions: The example of the Second Life steampunk community

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 374-383

  Cristofari, Cécile ^a   Guitton, Matthieu J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community identification; Self identification; Steampunk Virtual artifact; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY IDENTIFICATION; SECOND LIFE; VIRTUAL ARTIFACTS; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

EID: 84909969394     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.10.017     Document Type: Article

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