Examining information sharing in social networking communities: Applying theories of social capital and attachment

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 77-91

  Chung, Namho ^a   Nam, Kichan ^b   Koo, Chulmo ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Identity and bond based attachment; Information sharing; Social capital; Social networking sites

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SURVEYS;

ENJOYMENT OF HELPINGS; IDENTITY AND BOND-BASED ATTACHMENT; INFORMATION SHARING; NETWORK EXTERNALITY; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 84933052318     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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