Spontaneous emergence of social influence in online systems

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 43, 2010, Pages 18375-18380

  Onnela, Jukka Pekka ^a,b,c,d,e   Reed Tsochas, Felix ^e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective behavior; Fluctuation scaling; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FRIEND; HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 78649894774     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914572107     Document Type: Article

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