Measuring Twitter-based political participation and deliberation in the South Korean context by using social network and Triple Helix indicators

Scientometrics

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-140

  Kim, Minjeong ^a   Park, Han Woo ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korea; Polarization; Politician; Triple Helix; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655180569     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0508-5     Document Type: Article

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