Age differences in online social networking - A study of user profiles and the social capital divide among teenagers and older users in MySpace

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 643-654

  Pfeil, Ulrike ^a   Arjan, Raj ^a   Zaphiris, Panayiotis ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age differences; MySpace; Social capital; Social networking

Indexed keywords

AGE DIFFERENCES; AGE DISTRIBUTIONS; AGE GROUPS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; LARGER NETWORKS; MYSPACE; OLDER PEOPLES; OLDER USERS; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES; SELF-REFERENCES; SOCIAL ACTIVITIES; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORKING; USER PROFILES; WEB CRAWLERS; WEB SITES;

EID: 65049089120     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2008.08.015     Document Type: Article

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