Online communities: Design, theory, and practice

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Preece, Jenny ^a   Maloney Krichmar, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

'CURRENT; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; DESIGN PRACTICE; DESIGN THEORY; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; ONLINE COMMUNITY DESIGNS; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 24144461311     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2005.tb00264.x     Document Type: Review

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