The Multiple Facets of Influence: Identifying Political Influentials and Opinion Leaders on Twitter

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1260-1277

  Dubois, Elizabeth ^a   Gaffney, Devin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Little Bird   (United States)

Author keywords

influence; online communities; social media; social network analysis; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906761578     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764214527088     Document Type: Article

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