Do dugg diggers digg diligently?

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 444-459

  Halavais, Alexander ^a  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Interactivity; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650932726     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180802660636     Document Type: Conference Paper

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