Measuring political polarization: Twitter shows the two sides of Venezuela

Chaos

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Morales, A J ^a   Borondo, J ^a   Losada, J C ^a   Benito, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 84926382884     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: 10897682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4913758     Document Type: Article

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