Personal networks and the personal communication system: Using multiple media to connect

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 490-508

  Boase, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Communication networks; Community; Computer mediated communication; Email; Informatics; Internet; Mobile phone; Personal networks; Personal relationships; Social capital; Social networks; Telephone

Indexed keywords

EID: 47549119073     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180801999001     Document Type: Article

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