Joining the backstage: Locality and centrality in an online community

Information Technology & People

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-182

  Lutters, Wayne G ^a   Ackerman, Mark S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Communications technology; Community; Field research; Social systems; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986052307     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840310478676     Document Type: Article

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