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Computer-Mediated Social Networking - An Executive Summary of the Conference and the Future Research Directions

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Computer-Mediated Social Networking (ICCMSN 2008)

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In June 2008, the International Conference on Computer Mediated Social Networking (ICCMSN) was held in Dunedin, New Zealand. The aim of this conference was to explore current issues surrounding computer mediated social networks. This report presents an executive summary of technologies and the research issues identified during the course of the ICCMSN conference.

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    Melanie Middlemiss

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Middlemiss, M. (2009). Computer-Mediated Social Networking - An Executive Summary of the Conference and the Future Research Directions. In: Purvis, M., Savarimuthu, B.T.R. (eds) Computer-Mediated Social Networking. ICCMSN 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5322. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02276-0_18

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