Causal relationship between Internet use and social capital in Japan

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-52

  Miyata, Kakuko ^a   Kobayashi, Tetsuro ^b  

^a MEIJI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Internet; Longitudinal study; Social capital; Social network

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249111701     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2007.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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