How to measure "how much information"? Theoretical, methodological, and statistical challenges for the social sciences

International Journal of Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1042-1055

  Hilbert, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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