On facebook, most ties are weak

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 78-84

  De Meo, Pasquale ^a   Ferrara, Emilio ^b   Fiumara, Giacomo ^a   Provetti, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

FACEBOOK; WEAK TIES;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84908431343     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/2629438     Document Type: Article

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