Automated Delineation of Subgroups in Web Video: A Medical Activism Case Study

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 447-464

  Chin, Alvin ^a   Keelan, Jennifer ^a   Tomlinson, George ^a   Pavri Garcia, Vera ^b   Wilson, Kumanan ^c   Chignell, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Hierarchical clustering; Medical activism; Social network analysis; Subgroups; Web Video

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); VACCINES;

CASE-STUDIES; HIER-ARCHICAL CLUSTERING; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING; MEDICAL ACTIVISM; ONLINE INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SUBGROUP; WEB 2.0 TOOLS; WEB VIDEO; YOUTUBE;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955407294     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2010.01507.x     Document Type: Article

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