The role of information technology in building and sustaining the relational base of communities

Information Society

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-89

  Huysman, Marleen ^a   Wulf, Volker ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 17244381773     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240590925285     Document Type: Article

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