Mining halal food search pathways down the Wikipedia's rabbit hole.

Wikipedia has grown to be the biggest online encyclopedia in terms of comprehensiveness, reach, and coverage. However, although different websites and social network platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit have received considerable academic attention, Wikipedia has largely gone unnoticed. T...

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Publicado en:Food, Culture & Society Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 49 - 70
Autor principal: Mostafa, Mohamed M.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb 2022
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        Social network analysis
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