Vive les roses!: The architecture of commitment in an online pregnancy and mothering group

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1388-1408

  Ley, Barbara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

DESIGN INFLUENCES; ONLINE SUPPORT; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL DESIGNS; SOCIAL LIFE; SUPPORT ENVIRONMENT; SUPPORT GROUPS; TECHNICAL DESIGN; TECHNICAL FEATURES;

OBSTETRICS;

EID: 34548259543     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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