Churn in social networks: A discussion boards case study

Proceedings - SocialCom 2010: 2nd IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, PASSAT 2010: 2nd IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 233-240

  Karnstedt, Marcel ^a   Hennessy, Tara ^a   Chan, Jeffrey ^a   Hayes, Conor ^a  

^a Lower Dangan   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHURN ANALYSIS; DISCUSSION BOARDS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

HEALTH RISKS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 78649284534     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SocialCom.2010.40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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