Communities and Technologies 2007 Proceedings of the Third Communiti
This book covers the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICTs) and communities – both physical and virtual. The chapters deal with such subjects as online social network communities, implicit online communities, tools for rese
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Charles Steinfield, Brian T. Pentland, Mark Ackerman and Noshir Contractor (Eds)
Communities and Technologies 2007 Proceedings ofthe Third Communities and Technologies Conference, Michigan State University 2007
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Charles Steinfield Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Mark Ackerman School of Information and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Brian T. Pentland Department of Accounting and Information Systems The Eli Broad College of Business Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Noshir Contractor Department of Speech Communication, Department of Psychology, and the Coordinated Science Laboratory University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 61801, USA
British Library Cataloguing in Publicati on Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2007927752 ISBN-13:978-1-84628-904-0
e-ISBN-13: 978-1-84628-905-7
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C&T 2007 Sponsors Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media , Michigan State University College of Communication Arts and Sciences, Michigan State University Quello Center for Telecommunications Management and Law, Michigan State Universit y Center for Leadership of the Digital Enterprise, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University Writing in Digital Environments Research Center, College of Arts and Letters, Michigan State University Intellectual Property and Communications Law Program , College of Law, Michigan State University Microsoft Research , Community Technologies Group
C&T 2007 Conference and Program Committees Conference Chairs Charles Steinfield, Michigan State University, USA Brian Pentland, Michigan State University, USA Mark Ackerman, University of Michigan, USA Noshir Contractor, University of Illinois, USA
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