'SOFT' VERSUS 'HARD' NEWS ON MICROBLOGGING NETWORKS: Semantic analysis of Twitter produsage

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-60

  Horan, Tyler J ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

news; produsage; semantic networks; social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871514225     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2011.649774     Document Type: Article

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