Exploring the dynamics of blog communities: The case of MetaFilter

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-81

  Silva, Leiser ^a   Goel, Lakshmi ^a   Mousavidin, Elham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogs; Communities of practice; Interpretive research; Knowledge management; Virtual communities; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349103387     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2008.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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