Toward a new(er) sociability: Uses, gratifications and social capital on facebook

Media Perspectives for the 21st Century

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 212-230

  Papacharissi, Zizi ^a   Mendelson, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920619083     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203834077     Document Type: Chapter

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