Shared contexts and triadic closure in core discussion networks

Social Networks

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 292-302

  Mollenhorst, Gerald ^a   Völker, Beate ^a   Flap, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Closure; Core discussion networks; Meeting opportunities; Personal relationships; Social contexts; Triads

Indexed keywords

EID: 83555172278     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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