Examining the alternative media ecosystem through the production of alternative narratives of mass shooting events on Twitter

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

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 230-239

  Starbird, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS;

DIFFERENT DOMAINS; MAINSTREAM MEDIA; POLITICAL AGENDA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 85029406232     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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