Predicting Opinion Leaders in Twitter Activism Networks: The Case of the Wisconsin Recall Election

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1278-1293

  Xu, Weiai Wayne ^a   Sang, Yoonmo ^b   Blasiola, Stacy ^c   Park, Han Woo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

digital activism; network analysis; opinion leadership; social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906748438     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764214527091     Document Type: Article

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