The Affordances of Social Networking Sites for Relational Maintenance in a Distrustful Society: The Case of Azerbaijan

Social Media and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Pearce, Katy E ^a   Barta, Kristen ^a   Fesenmaier, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Azerbaijan; distrust; relational maintenance; social media; social networking sites; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014563109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20563051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2056305115616150     Document Type: Article

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