What Affects the Spiral of Silence and the Hard Core on Twitter? An Analysis of the Nuclear Power Issue in Japan

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1129-1141

  Miyata, Kakuko ^a   Yamamoto, Hitoshi ^b   Ogawa, Yuki ^b  

^a MEIJI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RISSHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

machine learning; selective exposure; Spiral of Silence; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937060761     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764215580618     Document Type: Article

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