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Information, Communication & Society Volume 19, 2016 - Issue 9: Understanding Communities in an Age of Social Media: The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated
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Understanding communities in an age of social media: the good, the bad, and the complicated

Anatoliy GruzdTed Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jenna JacobsonFaculty of Information, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Barry WellmanNetLab Network, Toronto, Canada
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Philip MaiTed Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Pages 1187-1193 | Published online: 23 May 2016

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