Text Analysis in R

Communication Methods and Measures

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 245-265

  Welbers, Kasper ^a   Van Atteveldt, Wouter ^b   Benoit, Kenneth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85032884946     PISSN: 19312458     EISSN: 19312466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19312458.2017.1387238     Document Type: Article

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