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Digital game culture(s) as prototype(s) of mediatization and commercialization of society: The World Cyber Games 2008 in Cologne as an Example

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Digital game culture(s) as prototype(s) of mediatization and commercialization of society: The World Cyber Games 2008 in Cologne as an Example. / Wimmer, Jeffrey.
Computer games and new media cultures: A Handbook of Digital Games Studies. ed. / Johannes Fromme, ; Alexander Unger. Dordrecht: Springer Verlag, 2012. p. 525-540.

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Harvard

Wimmer, J 2012, Digital game culture(s) as prototype(s) of mediatization and commercialization of society: The World Cyber Games 2008 in Cologne as an Example. in J Fromme, & A Unger (eds), Computer games and new media cultures: A Handbook of Digital Games Studies. Springer Verlag, Dordrecht, pp. 525-540. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2777-9_33

APA

Wimmer, J. (2012). Digital game culture(s) as prototype(s) of mediatization and commercialization of society: The World Cyber Games 2008 in Cologne as an Example. In J. Fromme, , & A. Unger (Eds.), Computer games and new media cultures: A Handbook of Digital Games Studies (pp. 525-540). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2777-9_33

Vancouver

Wimmer J. Digital game culture(s) as prototype(s) of mediatization and commercialization of society: The World Cyber Games 2008 in Cologne as an Example. In Fromme, J, Unger A, editors, Computer games and new media cultures: A Handbook of Digital Games Studies. Dordrecht: Springer Verlag. 2012. p. 525-540 doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-2777-9_33

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