"This One's for VIP Users!": Participation and Commercial Strategies in Children's Virtual Worlds
Through the integrated framework of participation theory and political economy, this article analyzes participatory opportunities in the virtual world Habbo Hotel, and how participation is constrained and framed by the producer's commercial strategies, which are based on advertising and sales o...
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| Language: | English |
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Linköping University Electronic Press
2014-06-01
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| Series: | Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.146697 |