Discovering social events through online attention

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Kenett, Dror Y ^a   Morstatter, Fred ^b   Stanley, H Eugene ^a   Liu, Huan ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOLOGY; ATTENTION; HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; NEW YORK CITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84904968382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102001     Document Type: Article

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