Pink and Blue Pixel$: Gender and Economic Disparity in Two Massive Online Games

نویسندگان

  • Vili Lehdonvirta
  • Rabindra A. Ratan
  • Tracy L. M. Kennedy
  • Dmitri Williams
چکیده

Pink and Blue Pixel$: Gender and Economic Disparity in Two Massive Online Games Vili Lehdonvirta, Rabindra A. Ratan, Tracy L. M. Kennedy & Dmitri Williams a Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom b Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA c Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada d Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of South Carolina, Los Angeles, California, USA Published online: 08 Jul 2014.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Inf. Soc.

دوره 30  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014