Exploring characteristics and effects of user participation in online social Q&A sites

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Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Shah, Chirag ^a   Oh, Jung Sun ^a   Oh, Sanghee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 51849120139     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v13i9.2182     Document Type: Article

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