Special issue: Cultural and rhetorical bases for communicating knowledge in web-based communities

International Journal of Web Based Communities 4(4) 2008

• Genre, knowledge and digital code in web-based communities: an integrated theoretical framework for shaping digital discursive spaces
• Virtual communities of practice: the communication of knowledge across cultural boundaries
• Conversations of virtual learning communities: discourse and survey analyses of moderated online synchronous discussions
• Cross-cultural knowledge communication in online communities of practice
• Sociotechnical research and knowledge communication in community-centred systems design: a technological frames perspective
• Noobs' and 'chicks' on Animutation Portal: power and status in a community of practice
• Virtual Tourist: knowledge communication in an online travel community
• Knowledge communication in rate.ee, a web picture-rating community