Using social media to measure conflict dynamics: An application to the 2008-2009 gaza conflict

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 938-969

  Zeitzoff, Thomas ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conflict dynamics; Israel Palestine conflict; social media; vector autoregression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055187723     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002711408014     Document Type: Review

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