This article argues that to better understand and theorize video games and game playing, it is necessary to study the activities of gamers themselves. This research examines game fans construction of walkthroughs, which guide other players through…
Papers in Communication
Communication papers in Social Sciences, Z
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Arguably one of the most profoundly important essays ever written on the nature and significance of ``quality'' and definitely a necessary anodyne to the consequences of a modern world pathologically obsessed with quantity. Although set as a story…
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OBJECTIVE: Despite the growing interest in the neurobiological and clinical correlates of many meditative practices, in particular mindfulness meditations, no review has specifically focused on current evidence on electroencephalographic,…
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Web services have become a very powerful technology to build service oriented architectures and standardize the access to legacy services. Through Web service composition new added value Web services can be created out of existing ones. Examples of…
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Very high frequency (VHF) nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) provide unprecedented sensitivity for inertial mass sensing. We demonstrate in situ measurements in real time with mass noise floor approximately 20 zg. Our best mass resolution…
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Zipf's law governs many features of the Internet. Observations of Zipf distributions, while interesting in and of themselves, have strong implications for the design and function of the Internet. The connectivity of Internet routers influences the…
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OBJECTIVE: The authors report an 8-week randomized, controlled proof-of-concept trial of a new therapist-assisted, Internet-based, self-management cognitive behavior therapy versus Internet-based supportive counseling for posttraumatic stress…
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The expectation norm of Information Systems SERVQUAL has been challenged on both conceptual and empirical grounds, drawing into question the instrument's practical value. To address the criticism that the original IS SERVQUAL's expectation measure…
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The achievement of adolescent literacy learners has become a significant topic of research and policy. This review of literature links current literacy learning theories, research that addresses the individualized nature of adolescent readers, and…
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This article contributes to re-specifying a number of the phenomena of interest to organizational studies in terms of patterns of socio-material practices and their effects. It does so by outlining a vocabulary and strategy that make up a framework…
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The role of individual action in the enactment of structures of constraint and opportunity has proved to be particularly elusive for network researchers. We propose three frontiers for future network research that zoom back and forth between…
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Ziel des Beitrags ist es, neben Nutzungsmustern und Nutzungsmotiven den Stellenwert des Internets im Alltag und im Medienrepertoire nachzuzeichnen. Empirische Grundlage sind 102 qualitative Einzelinterviews mit Internetnutzern zwischen 14 und 67…
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