Scaling-Laws of Human Broadcast Communication Enable Distinction between Human, Corporate and Robot Twitter Users

Gabriela Tavares; Aldo Faisal

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065774

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Scaling-Laws of Human Broadcast Communication Enable Distinction between Human, Corporate and Robot Twitter Users

Gabriela Tavares,

Affiliation Department of Computing, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Aldo Faisal

* E-mail: aldo.faisal@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Computing, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Scaling-Laws of Human Broadcast Communication Enable Distinction between Human, Corporate and Robot Twitter Users

Gabriela Tavares,
Aldo Faisal

Published: July 3, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065774

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Further press coverage

Posted by afaisal on 09 Jul 2013 at 10:02 GMT

Publication: e! Science News
Title: “Timing of tweets is clue to authenticity of tweeters”
http://esciencenews.com/a...

Publication: Spanish Scientific News Agency (SINC)
Titel: "El ritmo de tuiteo revela si el autor es persona, empresa o ‘bot’ "
http://www.agenciasinc.es...

No competing interests declared.

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