Social networks and internet connectivity effects

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-147

  Haythornthwaite, Caroline ^a  

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

Author keywords

Communication theory; Computer mediated communication; Internet; Latent ties; Social networks; Strong ties; Weak ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044463798     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180500146185     Document Type: Review

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