Effects of gender and tie strength on Twitter interactions

First Monday

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Kivran Swaine, Funda ^a   Brody, Samuel ^c   Naaman, Mor ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jacobs Technion Cornell Institute   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 84883777323     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v18i9.4633     Document Type: Article

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