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Playing the Game, or Not: Reframing Understandings of Children’s Digital Play Cover

Playing the Game, or Not: Reframing Understandings of Children’s Digital Play

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|Dec 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/csci.127 | Journal eISSN: 1836-0416
Language: English
Page range: 104 - 110
Submitted on: Nov 12, 2019
Accepted on: Nov 12, 2019
Published on: Dec 10, 2019
Published by: Tallinn, Erfurt University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2019 Madison Magladry, Michele Willson, published by Tallinn, Erfurt University
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