Cultural reception and production: The social construction of meaning in book clubs

American Sociological Review

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-68

  Childress, C Clayton ^a   Friedkin, Noah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural reception; culture; interpersonal influences; social networks

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURE; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84856199473     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122411428153     Document Type: Article

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