Understanding lurkers in online communities: A literature review

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Computers in Human Behavior

• Publication date

  2014-09-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Computer Science, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.chb.2014.05.022
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