Investigating political polarization on twitter: A Canadian perspective

Policy and Internet

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 28-45

  Gruzd, Anatoliy ^a   Roy, Jeffrey ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; election; politics; social media; social network; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900858905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19442866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1944-2866.POI354     Document Type: Review

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