Microcollaborations in a social Q&A community

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 693-702

  Gazan, Rich ^a  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative information seeking; Computer supported collaborative work; Microcollaborations; Social Q A; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE FACTORS; AFFORDANCES; COLLABORATIVE INFORMATION; COMPUTER-SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE WORK; INFORMATION SEEKING; KEY ELEMENTS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MICROCOLLABORATIONS; PROBLEM-CENTERED; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SYSTEM CONSTRAINTS; TRANSACTION LOG ANALYSIS; USER INTERACTION; WEB 2.0;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 77956619261     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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