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Social Sciences, Communication, Sociology +12

Six Provocations for Big Data

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Social Sciences, Data Science, Sociology +8

The use of Twitter hashtags in the formation of ad hoc publics

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Public Affairs, Political Communication, Political Science +17

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Computing, Information Systems, Information Technology +6

Assessing the Bias in Communication Networks Sampled from Twitter

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Social Sciences, Communication, Political Communication +15