The Development of a Virtual Community of Practices Using Electronic Mail and Communicative Genres

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 259-284

  Zucchermaglio, Cristina ^a   Talamo, Alessandra ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication; Community; Genre repertoire; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037998460     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651903017003001     Document Type: Review

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