Making Them Count: Facebook Sociability for Optimizing the Accumulation of Social Capital

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 299-318

  Bouchillon, Brandon C ^a   Gotlieb, Melissa R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

civic engagement; Facebook; generalized trust; SNS; social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019616284     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439315626422     Document Type: Article

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