The use of online social networking by rural youth and its effects on community attachment

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 726-747

  Ei Chew, Han ^a   LaRose, Robert ^a   Steinfield, Charles ^a   Velasquez, Alcides ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ICTs; rural studies; social networking; young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859144663     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.539243     Document Type: Article

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