Identifying implicit and explicit relationships through user activities in social media

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 73-96

  Yang, Christopher C ^a   Tang, Xuning ^b   Dai, Qizhi ^b   Yang, Haodong ^a   Jiang, Ling ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Explicit relationships; Homophily theory; Implicit relationships; Social commerce; Social media; Social network analysis; Temporal analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898460821     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415180203     Document Type: Article

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