Influence detection between blog posts through blog features, content analysis, and community identity

Online Information Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-442

  Tan, Luke Kien Weng ^a   Na, Jin Cheon ^a   Theng, Yin Leng ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Agreement analysis; Blogosphere; Blogs; Communities; Influence detection; Influence propagation; Sentiment analysis

Indexed keywords

AGREEMENT ANALYSIS; BLOGOSPHERES; INFLUENCE DETECTION; INFLUENCE PROPAGATION; SENTIMENT ANALYSIS;

BLOGS;

EID: 79959894861     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521111151450     Document Type: Article

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