Hot Off the Wiki: Structures and Dynamics of Wikipedia's Coverage of Breaking News Events

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 595-622

  Keegan, Brian ^a   Gergle, Darren ^a   Contractor, Noshir ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; news; social network; Wikipedia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876177999     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764212469367     Document Type: Article

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