Social activity and structural centrality in online social networks

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 321-332

  Klein, Andreas ^a   Ahlf, Henning ^b   Sharma, Varinder ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Neuss University of International Business School of Engineering   (Germany)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Impersonal activity; Network analysis; Opinion leaders; Personal activity; Social networks; Structural importance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING;

CENTRALITY MEASURES; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; ON-LINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKINGS; OPINION LEADERS; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STRUCTURAL IMPORTANCE;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84912573275     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2014.09.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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