Online communities: A longitudinal analysis of communication activities

Proceedings of the 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 10-19

  Schoberth, T ^a   Preece, J ^b   Heinzl, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES; COMMUNICATION STRATEGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; ELECTRONIC BUSINESS; EXPLORATIVE DATA ANALYSIS; INFORMATION OVERLOADS; LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84969505830     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2003.1174576     Document Type: Conference Paper

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