Cyber-ethnography and the emergence of the virtually new community

Journal of Information Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-105

  Ward, Katie J ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033245505     PISSN: 02683962     EISSN: 14664437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026839699344773     Document Type: Article

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