Breastfeeding support is a key component in meeting the public health responsibility of
increasing breastfeeding rates, with access to individualised, convenient and linked support …

With the increasing popularity of online support communities for people with disabilities and
older people, the research domain of online communities is gaining more and more …

Purpose–Given the dramatic technology‐led changes that continue to take place in the
marketplace, researchers and practitioners alike are keen to understand the emergence and …

Aún no es claro el impacto del uso de las redes sociales digitales como herramienta de
marketing en el desempeño de las empresas. Este trabajo examina dicho impacto con …

Abstract Gerardine DeSanctis and Marshall Scott Poole made an important contribution to
the study of IT uses and effects with their insightful concepts of “structural features” and …

Online discussion communities have become a widely used medium for interaction,
enabling conversations across a broad range of topics and contexts. Their success …

A theory of HCI that uses concepts from semiotics and computer science to focus on the
communication between designers and users during interaction. In The Semiotic …

The chief objective in many online communities is to allow for knowledge sharing and
learning, which is enabled by technologies such as discussion forums. The value realized …

This special thematic section of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication brings
together nine articles that provide a rich composite of the current research in online …

Online communities are becoming an accepted part of the lives of Internet users, although
participation in these communities is dependent on the types of people that form them. Some …