Understanding Aggressive and Nonaggressive Individual Behaviors in Massively Multiplayer Online Games

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2 - Understanding Aggressive and Nonaggressive Individual Behaviors in Massively Multiplayer Online Games

from Part I - Individual Behaviors and Dyadic Relationships

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 June 2018

Andrew Pilny and

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Gita Sukthankar and

Kiran Lakkaraju: Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
Gita Sukthankar: Affiliation:
University of Central Florida
Rolf T. Wigand: Affiliation:
University of Arkansas

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Information: Social Interactions in Virtual Worlds
An Interdisciplinary Perspective
, pp. 43 - 61

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316422823.003 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2018

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