Digital Games Research: A Survey Study on an Emerging Field and Its Prevalent Debates

Journal of Communication

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 975-996

  Quandt, Thorsten ^a   Van Looy, Jan ^b   Vogelgesang, Jens ^c   Elson, Malte ^d   Ivory, James D ^e   Consalvo, Mia ^f   Mäyrä, Frans ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^g TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Digital Games Research; DiGRA; Disciplinary Development; ECREA; ICA; Science of Knowledge; Survey

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; RESEARCH; SURVEY; VIEW;

EID: 84958880073     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12182     Document Type: Article

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