Enhancing the understanding of genres of web-based communities: The role of the ecological cognition framework

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-17

  Bishop, Jonathan ^a  

^a Glamorgan Blended Learning Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological cognition; Genre theory; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

VIRTUAL REALITY; WEBSITES;

COMMUNITY BUILDINGS; ECOLOGICAL COGNITIONS; GENRE THEORY; LURKERS; MESSAGE BOARDS; QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE METHODS; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY; WEB-BASED COMMUNITIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 77954626220     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2009.021558     Document Type: Article

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