Social capital and the equalizing potential of the Internet

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-115

  Pruijt, Hans ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Internet; Social capital; Social theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036273546     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089443930202000201     Document Type: Review

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