Link analysis: Hyperlink patterns and social structure on politicians' Web sites in South Korea

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 687-697

  Park, Han Woo ^a   Thelwall, Mike ^b  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyperlink; National Assembly; Political web site; Social network analysis; South Korea; Webometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249087975     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-007-9109-z     Document Type: Article

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