Starter ecologies: Introduction to the special issue on social software

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-262

  Spinuzzi, Clay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 70349314650     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: 15524574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651909333141     Document Type: Editorial

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