A communicative approach to social capital

Journal of Communication

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 689-712

  Rojas, Hernando ^a   Shah, Dhavan V ^a   Friedland, Lewis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79961051489     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01571.x     Document Type: Article

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