Golbeck - Analyzing the Social Web

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Golbeck, Jennifer.

Analyzing the social web/Jennifer Golbeck.First edition.

pages cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-12-405531-5 (alk. paper)

1.Social media. 2.Social networks. 3.Human-computer interaction. I. Title.

HM742.G65 2013

302.3dc23

2012049046

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ISBN: 978-0-12-405531-5

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