Social capital: The benefit of Facebook friends

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-36

  Johnston, Kevin ^a   Tanner, Maureen ^a   Lalla, Nishant ^a   Kawalski, Dori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Facebook; intensity; social capital; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; COLLEGE STUDENTS; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FACEBOOK; INTENSITY; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; PHYSICAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOUTH AFRICA; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

MAINTENANCE; RESEARCH; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84873394599     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2010.550063     Document Type: Article

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