Bridging or bonding?: A cross-cultural study of social relationships in social networking sites

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-129

  Choi, Sejung Marina ^a   Kim, Yoojung ^a   Sung, Yongjun ^a   Sohn, Dongyoung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Personal networks; Relationship development; Social capital; Social networking sites; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650241158     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691181003792624     Document Type: Article

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