An investigation of sociability measurements in online communities

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 400-411

  Wright, Nelson ^a   Varey, Alison ^b   Chesney, Thomas ^c  

^a Menzies Distribution   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evaluation; online communities; online journalism; qualitative determinants; quantitative measurements; sociability

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052957870     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2005.008106     Document Type: Article

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