Corporate-level blogs of the Fortune 500 companies: An empirical investigation of content and design

International Journal of Information Technology and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 134-148

  Lee, Hong Hee ^a   Park, So Ra ^a   Hwang, Taewon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Content; Corporate blogs; Design

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CORPORATE BLOGS; WRITING CONTENT;

WEBSITES;

EID: 38149045132     PISSN: 14614111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJITM.2008.016601     Document Type: Article

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