A holistic approach to the analysis of online profiles

Internet Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 340-360

  Bukvova, Helena ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Curriculum vitae; Information exchange; Internet profiles; Qualitative comparative analysis; Science communication; Self presentation; Web pages; Web sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861807625     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662241211235680     Document Type: Article

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