Special issue: Web based communities and social media: new directions in marketing

International Journal of Web Based Communities 8(2) 2012

• Identification of influential social networkers
• Virtual communities and social activities: reframing the online experience
• Relationships between brand awareness and online word-of-mouth: an example of online gaming community
• Exploring the factors associated with weblog usage acceptance: evidence from Cyprus
• An intelligent information retrieval: a social network analysis
• Communication and online business opportunities in virtual environment: Second Life
• Friend Lens: novel web content sharing through strategic manipulation of cached html
• Motives and relevance of online friendships