Kiva.org, Person-to-Person Lending, and the Conditions of Intercultural Contact

Howard Journal of Communications

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 327-347

  McKinnon, Sara L ^a   Dickinson, Elizabeth ^b   Carr, John N ^c   Chávez, Karma R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

individualism; Internet; Kiva; microlending; personal responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885995038     PISSN: 10646175     EISSN: 10964649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10646175.2013.805983     Document Type: Article

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