Network action research

Action Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-226

  Foth, Marcus ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

action researc; communicative ecolog; community informatic; networked individualis; research ethic; research methodolog; social network

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749421442     PISSN: 14767503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476750306063992     Document Type: Article

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