Reading the riots on Twitter: Methodological innovation for the analysis of big data

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 197-214

  Procter, Rob ^a,d   Vis, Farida ^b   Voss, Alex ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

big data; computational social science; crisis communication; riot; rumour; social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876022800     PISSN: 13645579     EISSN: 14645300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2013.774172     Document Type: Article

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