Emotions and information diffusion in social media - Sentiment of microblogs and sharing behavior

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 217-248

  Stieglitz, Stefan ^a   Dang Xuan, Linh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

information diffusion; sentiment; social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PRODUCT DESIGN;

COMMUNICATION PARADIGM; INFORMATION DIFFUSION; INFORMATION SHARING; NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS; POLITICAL COMMUNICATION; SENTIMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA; TWITTER;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84880193020     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222290408     Document Type: Article

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