Evolution of a virtual community: Understanding design issues through a longitudinal study

Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 59-73

  Malhotra, Arvind ^a   Gosain, Sanjay ^a   Hars, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Evolutionary design; Information systems design; Internet; Longitudinal study; Participative design; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPORTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; EVOLUTIONARY DESIGN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PARTICIPATIVE DESIGNS; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84969524991     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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