Political dialog evolution in a social network

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 40-48

  Robertson, Scott P ^a   Douglas, Sara ^a   Maruyama, Misa ^a   Chen, Lik Wai ^a  

^a University of Hawai'i at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

digital government; e citizenship; e participation; social networking

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CIVIC ENGAGEMENT; COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST; COMMUNITY BUILDINGS; DIGITAL GOVERNMENT; E-CITIZENSHIP; E-PARTICIPATION; EVOLVING CHARACTERISTIC; FACEBOOK; GROUP MEMBERS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOCIOTECHNICAL; TIME-PERIODS;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

RESEARCH;

EID: 84864346113     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2307729.2307737     Document Type: Conference Paper

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