Political hyperlinking in South Korea: Technical indicators of ideology and content

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Park, Han Woo ^a   Thelwall, Mike ^b   Kluver, Randolph ^c  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; Hyperlink Network Analysis; Link Analysis; National Assembly; Political Communication; South Korea; Technical Indicator

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844435701     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.1107     Document Type: Article

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