Getting connected: Can social capital be virtual?

Webology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Alessandrini, Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Internet access; Social capital; Social cohesion; Virtual activism; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846839638     PISSN: 1735188X     EISSN: 1735188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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