Latent users in an online user-generated content community

Computer Supported Cooperative Work: CSCW: An International Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-50

  Velasquez, Alcides ^a   Wash, Rick ^b   Lampe, Cliff ^c   Bjornrud, Tor ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

content contribution in online communities; latent users; motivations to contribute; online communities; online participation; reader to leader framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894905323     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: 15737551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-013-9188-4     Document Type: Article

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