A cross-cultural analysis of Flickr users from Peru, Israel, Iran, Taiwan and the UK

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-302

  Dotan, Amir ^a   Zaphiris, Panayiotis ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMC; Cross cultural design; Culture; Iran; Israel; Localisation; Peru; Taiwan; UGC; UK; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

CROSS-CULTURAL DESIGNS; IRAN; ISRAEL; LOCALISATION; PERU; TAIWAN; WEB 2.0;

WEBSITES;

EID: 78651575386     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2010.033753     Document Type: Article

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