Neighborhoods in the network society the e-Neighbors study

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 714-748

  Hampton, Keith N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Community network; Computer mediated communication; E government; Informatics; Internet; Local media; Neighborhood effects; Political communication; Social ecology; Social networks; Weak ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 35449007246     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180701658061     Document Type: Article

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