Published on in Vol 24, No 11 (2022): November

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/40701, first published .
Opinion Leaders and Structural Hole Spanners Influencing Echo Chambers in Discussions About COVID-19 Vaccines on Social Media in China: Network Analysis

Opinion Leaders and Structural Hole Spanners Influencing Echo Chambers in Discussions About COVID-19 Vaccines on Social Media in China: Network Analysis

Opinion Leaders and Structural Hole Spanners Influencing Echo Chambers in Discussions About COVID-19 Vaccines on Social Media in China: Network Analysis

Dandan Wang   1, 2, 3, 4 , PhD ;   Yadong Zhou   5 , MSc ;   Feicheng Ma   1, 3, 4 , Prof Dr

1 School of Information Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

2 School of Data Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

3 Center for Studies of Information Resources, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

4 Big Data Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

5 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Feicheng Ma, Prof Dr
  • School of Information Management
  • Wuhan University
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  • China
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