2007 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Rhythms of Social Interaction: Messaging Within a Massive Online Network
Authors : Scott A. Golder, Dennis M. Wilkinson, Bernardo A. Huberman
Published in: Communities and Technologies 2007
Publisher: Springer London
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