Mapping social dynamics on Facebook: The Brexit debate

Social Networks

Volumn 50, Issue , 2017, Pages 6-16

  Del Vicario, Michela ^a   Zollo, Fabiana ^a,c   Caldarelli, Guido ^a   Scala, Antonio ^b   Quattrociocchi, Walter ^a  

^a IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^b ICS CNR   (Italy)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collective debates; Online social networks; Polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014046228     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2017.02.002     Document Type: Article

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