Quantitative analysis of newcomer integration in MMORPG communities

Lecture Notes in Educational Technology

Volumn , Issue 9789812878663, 2016, Pages 131-136

  Nistor, Nicolae ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

^c WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge communities; Massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs) communities; Newcomer integration strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032380588     PISSN: 21964963     EISSN: 21964971     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-287-868-7_15     Document Type: Article

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