@inproceedings{c10c9b2440854852b6e166d8cee9cfdd,
title = "Is word adoption a grassroots process? An analysis of Reddit communities",
abstract = "This study examines how novel words originate in and disperse through online communities. It asks whether larger numbers of people or closer social ties are better environments to foster the adoption of new words. The data stem from Reddit, a large sample of web-mediated, asynchronous conversations. Reddit communities are divided by size in this study: larger communities are based on discussing general topics and have weak social ties, whereas small communities are based on discussing specific topics and have strong social ties. The analysis shows that the majority of new words are created/first adopted in larger communities.",
author = "Cole, {Jeremy R.} and Moojan Ghafurian and David Reitter",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing AG 2017.; 10th International Conference on Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling, SBP-BRiMS 2017 ; Conference date: 05-07-2017 Through 08-07-2017",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-60240-0_28",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9783319602394",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "236--241",
editor = "Nathaniel Osgood and Dongwon Lee and Robert Thomson and Yu-Ru Lin",
booktitle = "Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling - 10th International Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2017, Proceedings",
address = "Germany",
}