Social ties and user content generation: Evidence from Flickr

Information Systems Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-87

  Zeng, Xiaohua ^a   Wei, Liyuan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication and collaboration; Distinctiveness; Flickr; Photography; Social networks; Tags; User generated content; Within subjects design

Indexed keywords

HARDWARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PHOTOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; DISTINCTIVENESS; FLICKR; TAGS; USER-GENERATED CONTENT;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84877678539     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1120.0464     Document Type: Article

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