Social science in the era of big data

Policy and Internet

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-160

  González Bailõn, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complexity; governance; interactions; networks; public opinion; social influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880730600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19442866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1944-2866.POI328     Document Type: Conference Paper

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