Where do bots come from? An analysis of bot codes shared on GitHub

International Journal of Communication

Volumn 10, Issue , 2016, Pages 4932-4951

  Kollanyi, Bence ^a  

^a Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Automation; Bot; GitHub; Open source; Programming; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996982602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19328036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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