Illuminating an Ecosystem of Partisan Websites

The Web Conference 2018 - Companion of the World Wide Web Conference, WWW 2018

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 545-554

  Bhatt, Shweta ^a   Joglekar, Sagar ^a   Bano, Shehar ^a   Sastry, Nishanth ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

exploratory data analysis; partisan media; political polarization

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); WEBSITES;

DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS; FACEBOOK PAGES; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; NEWS REPORTING; PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; TRAFFIC FLOW; USER TRAFFICS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 85080317881     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/3184558.3188725     Document Type: Conference Paper

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