The virtual worlds exploratorium: Using large-scale data and computational techniques for communication research

Communication Methods and Measures

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-180

  Williams, Dmitri ^a   Contractor, Noshir ^b   Poole, Marshall Scott ^c   Srivastava, Jaideep ^d   Cai, Dora ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 79959202880     PISSN: 19312458     EISSN: 19312466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19312458.2011.568373     Document Type: Article

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