Words on the web: Noninvasive detection of emotional contagion in online social networks

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1911-1921

  Coviello, Lorenzo ^a   Fowler, James H ^b   Franceschetti, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Influence; instrumental variables; nonexperimental methods; semantic expression; social networks

Indexed keywords

NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; SEMANTICS;

EMOTIONAL CONTAGIONS; EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIONS; INFLUENCE; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; NON-INVASIVE DETECTION; NONEXPERIMENTAL METHODS; NONINVASIVE METHODS; ON-LINE SOCIAL NETWORKS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84914165838     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2014.2366052     Document Type: Article

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