Everything in moderation: The effects of adult moderators in online youth communities

Proceedings of the 3rd Communities and Technologies Conference, C and T 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-20

  Cramer, Meg ^a   Zutty, Debbie ^a   Foucault, Brooke ^a   Huffaker, David ^a   Derby, Dustin ^a   Cassell, Justine ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY; MASS MEDIA; MIXED EFFECTS; NETWORK FORMATION; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; QUESTIONNAIRE DATA; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG PEOPLES;

MODERATORS; WEBSITES;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 79952574016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-905-7_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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