Investigating Relations Between Facebook Use and Social Capital Among College Undergraduates

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 479-496

  Aubrey, Jennifer Stevens ^a   Rill, Leslie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Social Capital; Social Networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883540748     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463373.2013.801869     Document Type: Article

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