The perceived benefits of six-degree-separation social networks

Internet Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-45

  Shu, Wesley ^a   Chuang, Yu Hao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Experimental design; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751615072     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662241111104866     Document Type: Article

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