Users structure and behavior on an online social network during a political protest

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 391, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 5244-5253

  Morales, A J ^a   Losada, J C ^a   Benito, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complex networks; Information flow; Social behavior; Twitter

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPLEX NETWORKS; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; COMPLEXITY SCIENCE; INFORMATION FLOWS; ON-LINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; TWITTER;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84863983033     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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