Gambling content in Facebook games: A common phenomenon?

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 48-53

  Jacques, Christian ^a   Fortin Guichard, Daniel ^a   Bergeron, Pierre Yves ^a   Boudreault, Catherine ^a   Lévesque, David ^a   Giroux, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Facebook games; Gambling content; Game developer; Gaming

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

CONTENT ANALYSIS; FACEBOOK; GAMBLING CONTENT; GAME DEVELOPER; GAMING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

CONTENT ANALYSIS; GAMBLING; MACHINE;

EID: 84950278877     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.12.010     Document Type: Article

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