Broadcasters and Hidden Influentials in Online Protest Diffusion

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 943-965

  González Bailón, Sandra ^a   Borge Holthoefer, Javier ^b   Moreno, Yamir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

collective action; information diffusion; networks; protests; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879182291     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764213479371     Document Type: Article

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