Social isolation in America

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 153-171

  Parigi, Paolo ^a   Henson II, Warner ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

New social media; Social isolation; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905220088     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-071312-145646     Document Type: Review

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