Use of social networks for academic purposes: A case study

Electronic Library

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 781-791

  Nández, Gemma ^a   Borrego, Ángel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Scholarly communication; Social media; Social networks; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886072695     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EL-03-2012-0031     Document Type: Article

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