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Social Media and Social Capital: Introduction to the Special Issue

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  • Sonja Utz

    (Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Schleichstr. 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany)

  • Nicole Muscanell

    (Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Schleichstr. 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany)

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Social media, especially social network sites (SNS) such as Facebook have grown rapidly in popularity in the last ten years. [...]

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  • Sonja Utz & Nicole Muscanell, 2015. "Social Media and Social Capital: Introduction to the Special Issue," Societies, MDPI, vol. 5(2), pages 1-5, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsoctx:v:5:y:2015:i:2:p:420-424:d:49083
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