Using Facebook for cross-cultural collaboration: The experience of students from Taiwan

Educational Media International

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-76

  Wang, Chun Min ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cross cultural collaboration; Facebook; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859650848     PISSN: 09523987     EISSN: 14695790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09523987.2012.662625     Document Type: Article

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