Filter blogs vs. Personal journals: Understanding the knowledge production gap on the internet

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 532-558

  Wei, Lu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Filter blogs; Internet; Knowledge gap; Knowledge possession; Knowledge production; Personal journals; Social power

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS;

BLOGGERS; FILTER BLOG; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; KNOWLEDGE POSSESSION; KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION; PERSONAL JOURNAL; POWER; PRODUCTION GAP; SOCIAL POWER; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS;

BLOGS;

EID: 68249153678     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2009.01452.x     Document Type: Article

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