Name generation in interpersonal political network data: Results from a series of experiments

Social Networks

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 147-161

  Sokhey, Anand E ^a   Djupe, Paul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ego centric data; Name generator; Political behavior; Political disagreement; Political discussion; Survey experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888056901     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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