Testing the validity of social capital measures in the study of information and communication technologies

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 398-416

  Appel, Lora ^a   Dadlani, Punit ^a   Dwyer, Maria ^a   Hampton, Keith ^a   Kitzie, Vanessa ^a   Matni, Ziad A ^a   Moore, Patricia ^a   Teodoro, Rannie ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; belonging; Facebook; social capital; social network; social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897394510     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2014.884612     Document Type: Article

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