How offline gatherings affect online communities: When virtual community members 'meetup'

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 375-395

  Sessions, Lauren F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Face to face interaction; Social capital; Social networks; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951712637     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180903468954     Document Type: Article

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