Investigating motivations and expectations of asking a question in social Q&A

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Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Choi, Erik ^a   Kitzie, Vanessa ^a   Shah, Chirag ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84896829083     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v19i3.4830     Document Type: Article

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