Challenges of tracking topical discussion networks online

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 340-353

  Highfield, Tim ^a   Kirchhoff, Lars ^b   Nicolai, Thomas ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Sociomantic Labs   (Germany)

Author keywords

blogs; France; methodology; network mapping; social media; visualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960583475     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439310382514     Document Type: Article

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