Interaction networks and patterns of guild community in massively multiplayer online games

Social Network Analysis and Mining

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 341-353

  Ang, Chee Siang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Massively multiplayer online games; P* model; Social network analysis; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERACTION NETWORKS; MASSIVELY MULTI-PLAYER ONLINE GAMES; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATIONS; QUALITATIVE METHOD; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS APPROACHES; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84939240426     PISSN: 18695450     EISSN: 18695469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13278-011-0025-9     Document Type: Article

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