Finding influential users of online health communities: a new metric based on sentiment influence
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Finding influential users of online health communities: a new metric based on sentiment influence.
OBJECTIVE Online health communities (OHCs) have become a major source of support for people with health problems. This research tries to improve our understanding of social influence and to identify influential users in OHCs. The outcome can facilitate OHC management, improve community sustainability, and eventually benefit OHC users. METHODS Through text mining and sentiment analysis of user...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1067-5027,1527-974X
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2013-002282