Online communities

Technology in Society

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-65

  Plant, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyberspace; Internet; Networks; Online community; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INTERNET;

ONLINE COMMUNITIES;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET;

EID: 0942288992     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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