International Journal of Web Based Communities (IJWBC)

International Journal of Web Based Communities

2013 Vol.9 No.1

Special Issue on Social Networking for Web-Based Communities

Guest Editors: Piet Kommers and Margriet Simmerling

Editorial

Pages Title and author(s)
5-24Social networking for web-based communities
Tomayess Issa; Piet Kommers
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2013.051292
25-50Blog quality model
Zuhaira Muhammad Zain; Abdul Azim Abd Ghani; Rusli Abdullah; Rodziah Atan; Razali Yaakob
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2013.051293
51-66Empowering processes within prostate cancer online support groups
Katarzyna A. Campbell; Neil S. Coulson; Heather Buchanan
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2013.051294
67-82Beyond knowledge sharing: interactions in online discussion communities
Alton Y.K. Chua; Radhika Shenoy Balkunje
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2013.051295
83-104Building collective memories on the web: the Nostalgia Bits project
Luca Morganti; Giuseppe Riva; Silvio Bonfiglio; Andrea Gaggioli
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2013.051373
105-110Managing virtual communities of practice to drive product innovation
Daniel Rongo
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2013.051296
111-121Towards the development of activities-oriented platforms serving communities of practice
Sami Miniaoui; M. Basel Al-Mourad
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2013.051297
122-139Streaming trend detection in Twitter
James Benhardus; Jugal Kalita
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2013.051298
140-151Culture and brand communications in social media: an exploratory analysis of Japanese and US brands
Adam Acar; Daiki Takamura; Kaho Sakamoto; Ai Nishimuta
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2013.051299
152-168Blogs, wikis and social networking sites: a cross institutional survey amongst Greek students
Stavros T. Ponis; Helena Gioti
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2013.051300