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ERIC Number: EJ573257
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0741-0883
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Legitimacy, Authority, and Community in Electronic Support Groups.
Galegher, Jolene; Sproull, Lee; Kiesler, Sara
Written Communication, v15 n4 p493-530 Oct 1998
Compares electronic support groups to electronic hobby groups to demonstrate the difference in terms of the rhetorical behavior of participants. Finds that some discourse characteristics and rhetorical features are common to all groups, others are unique to the special requirements of electronic support groups. (PA)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Computer Mediated Communication, Discourse Analysis, Discourse Communities, Electronic Text, Internet, Social Support Groups
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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