A large-scale study of myspace: Observations and implications for online social networks

ICWSM 2008 - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 36-44

  Caverlee, James ^a   Webb, Steve ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; LANGUAGE MODEL; LARGE-SCALE STUDIES; MYSPACE; ON-LINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; POTENTIAL RESEARCHES; PRIVACY PREFERENCES;

COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; TEXT MESSAGING;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 79960299396     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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