Community networking and social capital: Early investigations

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Prell, Christina ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; USER INTERFACES; WEBSITES;

COMMUNITY NETWORKING; NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 2942715405     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2003.tb00214.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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