Jointly They Edit: Examining the Impact of Community Identification on Political Interaction in Wikipedia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Neff, Jessica J ^a   Laniado, David ^b   Kappler, Karolin E ^b   Volkovich, Yana ^b   Aragón, Pablo ^b   Kaltenbrunner, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Barcelona Media Innovation Center   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MASS MEDIUM; ONLINE SYSTEM; POLITICS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; UNITED STATES;

BLOGGING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLITICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875750047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060584     Document Type: Article

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