Online personal networks: Size, composition and media use among distance learners

New Media and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-226

  Haythornthwaite, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchronous learning networks (ALN); Computer mediated communication (CMC); Computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL); Egocentric networks; Interpersonal ties; Online learning; Personal networks; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034554568     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14614440022225779     Document Type: Article

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