Ritual in Online Communities: A Study of Post-Voting in MOOC Discussion Forums

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 655-663

  Longstaff, Emily ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

DISCUSSION FORUM; MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE; OFFLINE; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; ONLINE DISCUSSION FORUMS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; USER INTERACTION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 85013361141     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: 15327590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2016.1277639     Document Type: Article

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