Negating nodes and liquid fragmentation: Extending conversations of diffusion, social networks, and fragmentation

Communication Theory

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 279-298

  Holton, Avery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORK; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84863740617     PISSN: 10503293     EISSN: 14682885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2885.2012.01410.x     Document Type: Article

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