Social capital in second life

Online Information Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 295-316

  Huvila, Isto ^a   Holmberg, Kim ^b   Ek, Stefan ^b   Widén Wulff, Gunilla ^b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Communities; Internet Paper type Research paper; Social capital

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMUNITY BUILDINGS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; PAPER-TYPE; RESEARCH PAPERS; SECOND LIFE; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL ACTIVITIES; SOCIAL CAPITALS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS; VIRTUAL WORLDS; WEB SURVEYS;

INTERNET; PAPER PRODUCTS; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77953773139     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521011037007     Document Type: Article

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