29 citations · 29 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
2 papers
cs.SI2015
Tracking Employment Shocks Using Mobile Phone Data
Jameson L. Toole, Yu-Ru Lin, Erich Muehlegger +3
Can data from mobile phones be used to observe economic shocks and their consequences at multiple scales? Here we present novel methods to detect mass layoffs, identify individuals…
cs.SI2013★ 29 cited
#Bigbirds Never Die: Understanding Social Dynamics of Emergent Hashtag
Yu-Ru Lin, Drew Margolin, Brian Keegan +2
We examine the growth, survival, and context of 256 novel hashtags during the 2012 U.S. presidential debates. Our analysis reveals the trajectories of hashtag use fall into two dis…