The transformation of the Web: How emerging communities shape the information we consume

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-213

  Kolbitsch, Josef ^a   Maurer, Hermann ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blogs; Collaborative Work; Community Building; Emergence; File Sharing; Information Systems; Podcasting; Self Organisation; Social Networks; Web Based Applications; Wikis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645220540     PISSN: 0958695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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