Strong, weak, and latent ties and the impact of new media

Information Society

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 385-401

  Haythornthwaite, Caroline ^a  

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

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Latent ties; Media use; Social networks; Strong ties; Technology adoption; Tie strength; Weak ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036813957     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972240290108195     Document Type: Article

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