Users polarization on Facebook and Youtube

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Bessi, Alessandro ^a,b   Zollo, Fabiana ^b   Del Vicario, Michela ^b   Puliga, Michelangelo ^b   Scala, Antonio ^b,c   Caldarelli, Guido ^b,c   Uzzi, Brian ^d   Quattrociocchi, Walter ^b,c  

^a SCUOLA UNIVERSITARIA SUPERIORE IUSS PAVIA   (Italy)

^b IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; POLARIZATION; SHADE; SOCIAL MEDIA; VIDEORECORDING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84984794012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159641     Document Type: Article

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