Online Social Network Sites and the Concept of Social Capital

Frontiers in New Media Research

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 115-131

  Steinfield, Charles ^a   Ellison, Nicole B ^a   Lampe, Cliff ^b   Vitak, Jessica ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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