Does the Internet matter for strong ties? Bonding social capital, Internet use, and age-based inequality

International Review of Sociology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 415-433

  Neves, Barbara Barbosa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Age; Bonding; Internet; Social capital; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937819985     PISSN: 03906701     EISSN: 14699273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03906701.2015.1050307     Document Type: Article

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