Persuasion is a vital part of politics—who wins elections and policy disputes often depends
on which side can persuade more people. Given this centrality, the study of persuasion has …

Along with the explosive growth of the phenomenon Online Social Networks (OSN),
identifying influential users in OSN has received a great deal of attention in recent years …

Polls show a strong decline in public trust of traditional news outlets; however, social media
offers new avenues for receiving news content. This experiment used the Facebook API to …

Opinion leaders can be influential in persuading their peers about news and politics, yet
their potential influence has been questioned in the social media era. This study tests a …

Despite the spread and adoption of social network concepts outside of the academy and the
rising use of social network analysis across a number of disciplines, there is no general …

Transportation accounts for a large and growing part of carbon dioxide emissions. With an
increasing vehicle fleet worldwide private car use is becoming an acute problem in need of …

Politics and the Twitter Revolution: How Tweets Influence the Relationship between Political
Leaders and the Public, by John H. Parmelee and Shannon L. Bichard, is the first …

Marketers commonly seed information about products and brands through individuals
believed to be influential on social media, which often involves enlisting micro influencers …

Online communities need a critical mass for communication, information, and entertainment
and should provide useful information for their members in order to obtain this critical mass …

In this article, we review concepts, measures, and strategies that can be applied to opinion-
leader campaigns on climate change. These campaigns can be used to catalyze wider …