Virtual community presence in internet relay chatting

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Liu, Geoffrey Z ^a,b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA REDUCTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INTERNET; RESEARCH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERNET RELAY CHATTING; SOCIOLOGY;

ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES;

EID: 0012697164     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.1999.tb00334.x     Document Type: Article

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