How to be a gamer! Exploring personal and social indicators of gamer identity

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 346-361

  De Grove, Frederik ^a   Courtois, Cédric ^b   Van Looy, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Friendship; Gamer; Games; Gaming; Identity; Social Identity Theory; Social Networks

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

DIGITAL GAMES; FRIENDSHIP; GAME; GAMER; GAMING; IDENTITY; SOCIAL CONTEXT; SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORIES; SOCIAL INDICATORS; SOCIAL NETWORK;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84929933968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12114     Document Type: Article

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