‘I Create Therefore I Virtually Exist’: Digital Content Creation, Virtual Consumption, and Motivation in Second Life
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal For Virtual Worlds Research
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1941-8477
DOI: 10.4101/jvwr.v9i2.7205