Weibo network, information diffusion and implications for collective action in China

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-104

  Huang, Ronggui ^a   Sun, Xiaoyi ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; information diffusion; issue networks; micro blogging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889572671     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2013.853817     Document Type: Article

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