Theorizing web 2.0: A cultural perspective

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 249-275

  Song, Felicia Wu ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet history; Online communities; Pierre Bourdieu; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951076964     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180902914610     Document Type: Article

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