Modeling the impact of online cancer resources on supporters of cancer patients

New Media and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 321-344

  Beaudoin, Christopher E ^a,c   Tao, Chen Chao ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet effects; Online social capital; Social capital; Social capital and cancer; Social capital and the internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749118043     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444807086477     Document Type: Article

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