Big data sensors of organic advocacy: The case of Leonardo DiCaprio and climate change

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Leas, Eric C ^a   Althouse, Benjamin M ^b,c,d,e   Dredze, Mark ^f,g   Obradovich, Nick ^h,i   Fowler, James H ^a,i   Noar, Seth M ^j   Allem, Jon Patrick ^k   Ayers, John W ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR DISEASE MODELING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^g Bloomberg LP   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIUM; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEA LEVEL RISE; SOCIAL MEDIA; INTERNET; PUBLIC FIGURE; SEARCH ENGINE; TELEVISION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FAMOUS PERSONS; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; SEARCH ENGINE; SOCIAL MEDIA; TELEVISION;

EID: 84982170191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159885     Document Type: Article

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