You followed my bot! Transforming robots into influential users in Twitter

First Monday

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Messias, Johnnatan ^a   Schmidt, Lucas ^a   Oliveira, Ricardo Augusto Rabelo ^a   Benevenuto, Fabrício ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

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EID: 84880674077     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v18i7.4217     Document Type: Article

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