Understanding lurkers in online communities: A literature review

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 110-117

  Sun, Na ^a   Rau, Patrick Pei Luen ^a   Ma, Liang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

De lurking strategy; Lurker; Lurking reason; Motivational factor; Online community

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; WEBSITES;

DE-LURKING; LURKER; LURKING REASON; MOTIVATIONAL FACTOR; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84903164229     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.05.022     Document Type: Article

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