Relationships among relationships: Interpersonal communication and social networks

Interpersonal Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 395-416

  Parks, Malcolm R ^a   Faw, Meara H ^a  

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Author keywords

Centrality; Density; Elements of networks; Network activation; Network appraisals; Network structuring; Relationship development; Sensemaking; Social proximity; Support networks

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EID: 84979162110     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1515/9783110276794.395     Document Type: Chapter

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