'Egoboo' vs. altruism: The role of reputation in online consumer communities

New Media and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 357-374

  Utz, Sonja ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Altruism; Consumer community; Contribution; Generalized reciprocity; Reputation; Sanctioning function; Signalling function; Social dilemma

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449169277     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444808101616     Document Type: Article

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