An analysis of tweets in response to the death of Michael Jackson

Aslib Proceedings

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 432-444

  Hoe Lian Goh, Dion ^a   Sian Lee, Chei ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Death; Grieving; Loss; Microblogs

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; DATA SETS; DEATH; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; GRIEVING; JACKSON; MICROBLOGS; PUBLIC FIGURE;

LOSSES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 80053074860     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1108/00012531111164941     Document Type: Article

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