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Applying Behavioral Contagion Theory to Examining Young Adults’ Participation in Viral Social Media Challenges 运用行为传染理论研究年轻人参与病毒式社交媒体挑战

Transactions on Social Computing Pub Date : 2022-07-28 DOI: 10.1145/3538383

Jaclyn Abraham, Rebecca Roth, H. Zinzow, K. Madathil, P. Wisniewski

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Co-opted Marginality in a Controlled Media Environment: The Influence of Social Media Affordances on the Immigration Discourse 受控制的媒体环境下的协同边缘化:社交媒体支持对移民话语的影响

Transactions on Social Computing Pub Date : 2022-05-23 DOI: 10.1145/3532103

C. Emes, A. Chib

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Modeling Political Activism around Gun Debate via Social Media 通过社交媒体模拟围绕枪支辩论的政治活动

Transactions on Social Computing Pub Date : 2022-04-29 DOI: 10.1145/3532102

Yelena Mejova, Jisun An, G. D. F. Morales, Haewoon Kwak

引用次数: 3