Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled: Does the Internet Transform Social Capital?, Does the Internet Diminish Social Capital?, The Internet Supplements Social Capital, Considerations in Internet Research, Conclusions, Acknowledgments, Notes, References
Keywords
Affect (linguistics)Social capitalThe InternetBusinessPsychologySociologyComputer scienceWorld Wide WebCommunicationSocial science
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- 2004
- Type
- book-chapter
- Pages
- 113-132
- Citations
- 265
- Access
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Anabel Quan‐Haase,
Barry Wellman
(2004).
How Does the Internet Affect Social Capital?.
The MIT Press eBooks
, 113-132.
https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/6289.003.0007
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- DOI
- 10.7551/mitpress/6289.003.0007