Becoming a blogger: Trajectories, norms, and activities in a community of practice

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 350-358

  Dennen, Vanessa P ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blog; Community of practice; Newcomer; Online community

Indexed keywords

BLOGS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

BLOG; BLOGGING COMMUNITIES; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; LEGITIMATE PERIPHERAL PARTICIPATIONS; NATURALISTIC STUDY; NEWCOMER; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 84899653642     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.03.028     Document Type: Article

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