Birds of the internet: Towards a field guide to the organization and governance of participation

Journal of Cultural Economy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-187

  Fish, Adam ^a   Murillo, Luis F R ^a   Nguyen, Lilly ^a   Panofsky, Aaron ^a   Kelty, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Governance; Internet; Open source; Organization; Participation; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957546522     PISSN: 17530350     EISSN: 17530369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2011.563069     Document Type: Article

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