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Gut or Game? The Influence of Moral Intuitions on Decisions in Video Games

Sven Joeckel Communication and Digital Media, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany
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Nicholas David Bowman Department of Communication Studies, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
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Leyla Dogruel Institute for Media and Communication Studies, Free University of Berlin, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Berlin, Germany
Pages 460-485 | Received 28 Aug 2011, Published online: 28 Nov 2012

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