It’s not just a game: Contemporary challenges for games research and the internet

Online Gaming in Context: The social and cultural significance of online games

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 281-294

  Crawford, Garry ^a,b   Gosling, Victoria K ^a   Light, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Salford Digital Cluster   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85138435327     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203869598-21     Document Type: Chapter

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