Analyzing game controversies: A historical approach to moral panics and digital games

The Dark Side of Game Play: Controversial Issues in Playful Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 15-32

  Karlsen, Faltin ^a  

^a WESTERDALS OSLO SCHOOL OF ARTS   (Norway)

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EID: 84943270872     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315738680     Document Type: Chapter

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