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Twitter publics: how online political communities signaled electoral outcomes in the 2010 US house election

Karissa McKelveySchool of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Joseph DiGraziaDepartment of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Fabio RojasDepartment of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 436-450 | Received 01 Oct 2013, Accepted 30 Jan 2014, Published online: 10 Mar 2014

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