Learning relations and networks in web-based communities

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-158

  Haythornthwaite, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

CMC; Computer Mediated Communication; Latent ties; Learning community; Learning networks; Online community; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; LEARNING NETWORK; SOCIAL NETWORK PERSPECTIVE;

WEBSITES;

EID: 70350554995     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2008.017669     Document Type: Article

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