Kek, cucks, and god emperor Trump: A measurement study of 4chan's politically incorrect forum and its effects on the web

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Web and Social Media, ICWSM 2017

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 92-101

  Hine, Gabriel Emile ^a   Onaolapo, Jeremiah ^b   De Cristofaro, Emiliano ^b   Kourtellis, Nicolas ^c   Leontiadis, Ilias ^c   Samaras, Riginos ^d   Stringhini, Gianluca ^b   Blackburn, Jeremy ^c  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TELEFONICA RESEARCH   (Spain)

^d CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCUSSION BOARDS; MEASUREMENT STUDY; POLITICAL EVENTS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNIQUE FEATURES; YOUTUBE;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 85026407154     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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