Geography of Twitter networks

Social Networks

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-81

  Takhteyev, Yuri ^a   Gruzd, Anatoliy ^b   Wellman, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air travel; Distance; Language; Nation states; Proximity; Social networks; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855196178     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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