Understanding twitter influence in the health domain: A social-psychological contribution

WWW 2014 Companion - Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on World Wide Web

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 673-678

  McNeill, Andrew ^a   Briggs, Pam ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Influence; Methods; Social media; Social psychology; Theory

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD WIDE WEB;

INFLUENCE; METHODS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84942806258     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2567948.2579280     Document Type: Conference Paper

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