Social Ties and Generalized Trust, Online and in Person: Contact or Conflict-The Mediating Role of Bonding Social Capital in America

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 506-523

  Bouchillon, Brandon C ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bonding capital; bridging capital; civic engagement; Facebook; social capital; social trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904127612     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439313513076     Document Type: Article

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