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ERIC Number: EJ301231
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1984
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Playing Videogames: The Electronic Friend.
Selnow, Gary W.
Journal of Communication, v34 n2 p148-56 Spr 1984
Concluded that the children in this study (ages 10-14) played video games in arcades for some of the same reasons they watched television: (1) escape; (2) a sense of personal involvement in the action; and (3) a source of or substitute for companionship. (PD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Friendship, Individual Needs, Mass Media Effects, Media Research, Need Gratification, Television Research, Television Viewing, Use Studies
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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