Network domains in social networking sites: expectations, meanings, and social capital

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 188-202

  Tian, Xiaoli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; domains of meanings; network structure; online behaviour; social capital; social networking sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948570541     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2015.1050051     Document Type: Article

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