[Air-l] RE: Habbo Hotel

[Axel Bruns]

G'day !

Deanya Lattimore wrote:

> has anyone done any research on the habbo.com phenomenon or others like 
> it?  It is a "safe site" for kids 13-18 years old where they create 
> avatar characters and rooms for them, play games and chat.

We published an article about Habbo Hotel in the 'order' issue of M/C
Journal recently - http://journal.media-culture.org.au/0501/index.php. The
author, Mark McGuire, might have some additional information about research
relating to Habbo...

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