Social Media Research: An Assessment of the Domain's Productivity and Intellectual Evolution

Communication Monographs

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 285-309

  van Osch, Wietske ^a   Coursaris, Constantinos K ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliographic Analysis; Data Practices; Literature Review; Meta analysis; Online Social Networks; Research Design; Research Productivity; Social Media; Social Network Sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904415067     PISSN: 03637751     EISSN: 14795787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03637751.2014.921720     Document Type: Article

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