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The social impact of online games: The case of Germany

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The social impact of online games : The case of Germany. / Quandt, Thorsten; Wimmer, Jeffrey.

Virtual social networks: mediated, massive and multiplayer sites. ed. / Niki Panteli. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. p. 75-97.

Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review

Harvard

Quandt, T & Wimmer, J 2009, The social impact of online games: The case of Germany. in N Panteli (ed.), Virtual social networks: mediated, massive and multiplayer sites. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 75-97. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230250888

APA

Quandt, T., & Wimmer, J. (2009). The social impact of online games: The case of Germany. In N. Panteli (Ed.), Virtual social networks: mediated, massive and multiplayer sites (pp. 75-97). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230250888

Vancouver

Quandt T, Wimmer J. The social impact of online games: The case of Germany. In Panteli N, editor, Virtual social networks: mediated, massive and multiplayer sites. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 2009. p. 75-97 doi: 10.1057/9780230250888

Bibtex

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