Gender and Computer Games: Exploring Females' Dislikes
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1083-6101,1083-6101
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2006.00301.x