Investigating user experience of online communities: The influence of community type

Proceedings - 12th IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, CSE 2009

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages 509-514

  Chen, Vivian Hsueh Hua ^a   Duh, Henry Been Lirn ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Component; Computer mediated communication; Online community; User studies; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL FACTORS; HOLISTIC VIEW; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; KEY COMPONENT; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; USER EXPERIENCE; USER STUDY; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 70849097462     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSE.2009.367     Document Type: Conference Paper

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