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Net increase? Cross-lingual linking in the blogosphere

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This research analyzes linguistic barriers and cross-lingual interaction through link analysis of more than 100,000 blogs discussing the 2010 Haitian earthquake in English, Spanish, and Japanese. In addition, cross-lingual hyperlinks are qualitatively coded. This study finds English-language blogs are significantly less likely to link cross-lingually than Spanish or Japanese blogs. However, bloggers' awareness of foreign language content increases over time. Personal blogs contain most cross-...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Oxford Internet Institute
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Author
Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Volume:
17
Issue:
2
Pages:
135-151
Publication date:
2012-01-13
Acceptance date:
2011-09-23
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EISSN:
1083-6101
Language:
English
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2015-07-29

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