Using social media to capture and convey cultural knowledge: A case of Chamorro people

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3386-3395

  San Nicolas Rocca, Tonia ^a   Parrish, James ^b  

^a Malik and Seeme Hasan School of Business   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE; CULTURAL VALUE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; SOCIAL MEDIA;

SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84875520348     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2013.593     Document Type: Conference Paper

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