Living a Virtual Life: Social Dynamics of Online Gaming
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home about archive Castulus Kolo has a Doctoral degree (1995) in physics. From 1991 additional studies in social anthropology and sociology at the LudwigMaximilians University, Munich and second doctoral degree (1997). Thesis on computer simulations of sociocultural processes. From 1998 consulting and contract research as an executive in different positions within the FraunhoferSociety in the domain of information and communicati Living a Virtual Life: Social Dynamics of Online Gaming
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Game Studies
دوره 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004