Inscription and interpretation of text: A cultural hermeneutic examination of virtual community

Information Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Burnett, Gary ^a   Kazmer, Michelle M ^a   Dickey, Michael H ^a   Chudoba, Katherine M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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