The tweets that killed a university: A case study investigating the use of traditional and social media in the closure of a state university

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2656-2664

  Kelling, Nicholas J ^a   Kelling, Angela S ^a   Lennon, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data mining; Higher education; Politics; Social media; Students

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE STUDENTS; COMMON FORMAT; HIGHER EDUCATION; ONLINE MEDIA; POLITICS; REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOUTH FLORIDA;

DATA MINING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

STUDENTS;

EID: 84881111338     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.06.044     Document Type: Article

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