Weblogs as a bridging genre

Information Technology and People

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 142-171

  Herring, Susan C ^a   Scheidt, Lois Ann ^a   Wright, Elijah ^a   Bonus, Sabrina ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Communication technologies; Internet; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; SELF-EMPOWERMENT; SELF-EXPRESSION;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 20444435544     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840510601513     Document Type: Article

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