Did distance matter before the Internet?. Interpersonal contact and support in the 1970s

Social Networks

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 430-461

  Mok, Diana ^a   Wellman, Barry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Distance; Face to face; Internet; Social capital; Social support; Telephone

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250772467     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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