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The dark side of social relationships – the context of the video game industry

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|Jan 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2023-0025 | Journal eISSN: 2543-5361 | Journal ISSN: 2299-9701
Language: English
Page range: 89 - 107
Submitted on: Aug 1, 2023
Accepted on: Nov 22, 2023
Published on: Jan 30, 2024
Published by: Warsaw School of Economics
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