Sense of virtual community: A follow up on its measurement

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 400-404

  Abfalter, Dagmar ^a   Zaglia, Melanie E ^a,b   Mueller, Julia ^c  

^a INNSBRUCK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Online community; Sense of community; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

FOLLOW UP; OFFLINE; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; SENSE OF COMMUNITY; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84855549676     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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