On and off the 'Net: Scales for Social Capital in an Online Era

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 593-628

  Williams, Dmitri ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFF-LINE CONTEXT; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 32244448321     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2006.00029.x     Document Type: Article

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