@article{Pearson_2007, title={Digital gifts: Participation and gift exchange in Livejournal communities}, volume={12}, url={https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1835}, DOI={10.5210/fm.v12i5.1835}, abstractNote={This paper explores notions and rationales of gift exchange among participants of the social networking site ‘LiveJournal.’ While gift exchanges can be framed as a form of power relations, this paper argues that they also have the potential to function as a way of forming and maintaining social bonds, and of maintaining individual and collective identity within the virtual social space.}, number={5}, journal={First Monday}, author={Pearson, Erika}, year={2007}, month={May} }