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VIRTUAL CONSUMERISM

Case Habbo Hotel

Vili Lehdonvirta Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, PL 9800, Espoo, Finland, 02015 TKKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Terhi-Anna Wilska Turku School of Economics, Turku, Finland E-mail: [email protected]
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Mikael Johnson Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, PL 9800, Espoo, Finland, 02015 TKK E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 1059-1079 | Published online: 22 Oct 2009

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