Contraction of online response to major events

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Szell, Michael ^a   Grauwin, Sébastian ^a,b,c   Ratti, Carlo ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ENS Lyon   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; E-MAIL; ELECTION; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INTERNET; LIFE EVENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SPORT; DISASTER; POLITICS;

DISASTERS; HUMANS; INTERNET; POLITICS;

EID: 84896275571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089052     Document Type: Article

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