'Noobs' and 'chicks' on animutation Portal: Power and status in a community of practice

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 491-502

  Kendall, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Animutation; Communities of practice; Culture; Gender; Knowledge communication; Video; Web communities

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; WEBSITES;

ANIMUTATION; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; GENDER; KNOWLEDGE COMMUNICATION; VIDEO; WEB COMMUNITY;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 78651526456     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2008.019552     Document Type: Article

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