Developing a sense of virtual community measure

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 827-830

  Blanchard, Anita L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; INFORMATION SERVICE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIALIZATION; SUPPORT GROUP; VARIANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 37249000991     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2007.9946     Document Type: Article

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