Being heard in review communities: Communication tactics and review prominence

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 424-444

  Otterbacher, Jahna ^a  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Language Use; Online Communities; Online Ratings; Opinion; Text Based

Indexed keywords

LANGUAGE USE; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; ONLINE RATINGS; OPINION; TEXT-BASED;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 79953768563     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2011.01549.x     Document Type: Article

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