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Sharing beyond Slacktivism: the effect of socially observable prosocial media sharing on subsequent offline helping behavior

Daniel S. LaneDepartment of Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Sonya Dal CinDepartment of Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Pages 1523-1540 | Received 18 Apr 2016, Accepted 15 May 2017, Published online: 03 Jul 2017

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