The Social Network Effect: The Determinants of Giving Through Social Media

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 850-868

  Saxton, Gregory D ^a   Wang, Lili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

charitable contributions; crowdfunding; donations; Facebook; fundraising; giving; Internet; small donors; social media; social networking sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908545291     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: 15527395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764013485159     Document Type: Article

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