Tweeting under pressure: Analyzing trending topics and evolving word choice on Sina Weibo

COSN 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 Conference on Online Social Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 89-100

  Chen, Le ^a   Zhang, Chi ^a   Wilson, Christo ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

online social networks; sina weibo; trending topics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

KEYWORD-BASED; NLP TECHNIQUES; ON-LINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; SINA-WEIBO; TRENDING TOPICS; USER COMMUNITIES; USER ENGAGEMENT; WORD CHOICES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84887265825     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2512938.2512940     Document Type: Conference Paper

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