Topicality and impact in social media: Diverse messages, focused messengers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Weng, Lilian ^a   Menczer, Filippo ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER NETWORK; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; ONLINE SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; HUMAN; INTERNET; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

HUMANS; INTERNET; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84923371942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118410     Document Type: Article

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