Ambivalent effect of member portraits in virtual groups

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 281-291

  Cress, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anonymity; Computer mediated communication; Group awareness; Portraits; SIDE model; Social categorization; Social dilemma; Social identity theory; Social value orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944455193     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2005.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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