Enacting language games: The development of a sense of 'we-ness' in online forums

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 383-416

  Fayard, Anne Laure ^a   DeSanctis, Gerardine ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective identity; Culture; Discourse analysis; Discursive practices; Interpretative research; Language game; Online forums

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954626406     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2009.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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