Understanding civic engagement behaviour on facebook from a social capital theory perspective

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 163-175

  Warren, Anne Marie ^a   Sulaiman, Ainin ^a   Jaafar, Noor Ismawati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

civic engagement; Facebook; social capital; social media; social networking sites; trust

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT; FACEBOOK; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; TRUST;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84920858729     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2014.934290     Document Type: Review

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