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Detecting influencers in social media discussions

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Knowing who's influential can help when planning political campaigns, advertising strategies, or even combating terrorism; and now research into influence detection promises to automate such detection.

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          XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students  Volume 21, Issue 1
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          Fall 2014
          65 pages
          ISSN:1528-4972
          EISSN:1528-4980
          DOI:10.1145/2677339
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