Exodus to the real world? Assessing the impact of offline meetups on community participation and social capital

New Media and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 394-414

  Shen, Cuihua ^a   Cage, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonding; bridging; meetups; online communities; participation; social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922908652     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444813504275     Document Type: Article

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