Rising tides or rising stars?: Dynamics of shared attention on twitter during media events

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Lin, Yu Ru ^a   Keegan, Brian ^b   Margolin, Drew ^c   Lazer, David ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Communication Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SHARED ATTENTION; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; HUMAN RELATION; MASS MEDIUM; PERCEPTION; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ATTENTION; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901294466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094093     Document Type: Article

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