A culturalist critique of 'online community' in new media studies

New Media and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 665-679

  Yuan, Elaine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese society; culture; network analysis; Online community

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880974604     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444812462847     Document Type: Article

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