A narrative is affectively polarized when the distribution of expressed feelings towards such a narrative shows two separated peaks. In this paper, we explore the distributions of feelings expressed by online users on Twitter in March 2020 using a sample of 7.9 million tweets related to the narrative of the COVID-19 pandemic. How people influenced […]
Purpose – We analyze streams of microblogs in terms of both contents and distribution network to create a model of people behavior to be used as an indication for future similar events. We present our methodology and some preliminary results of its application to new movie launches through the analysis of about 2 million downloaded […]
Due to the small size and to the high level of labour division, small firms in Industrial Districts need to establish horizontal and vertical cooperative relationships (Camuffo and Grandinetti, 2011; Malberg and Maskell, 1999) in order to share and combine complementary knowledge assets. Whilst the network approach (Granovetter 1985; Powell, 1991) has greatly contributed to […]