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Conference Paper: Can Network Help Chinese Microblogs Diffuse? Analyzing 118 Networks of Reposts About Social Issues in China

TitleCan Network Help Chinese Microblogs Diffuse? Analyzing 118 Networks of Reposts About Social Issues in China
Authors
Fu, KW
KeywordsChina
information diffusion
microblog
social network analysis
Issue Date2014
PublisherSpringer Verlag. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.com/content/105633/
Citation
The 6th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media (SCSM), Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 22-27 June 2014. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2014, v. 8531, p. 331-341 How to Cite?
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07632-4_32
AbstractThe use of microblog, i.e. Twitter, in politics and social issues has been broadly studied. But research into the role of microblog in China’s unique socio-political context is still limited and empirical data remain inadequate. In this study, we conceptualize the process of diffusion of microblogs in China as a “social network” and deploy social network analysis to operationalize the network characteristics of such process. Using Sina Weibo’s Open API, we collected 118 networks of reposts related to various social issues in China. While our findings describe the network characteristics of the samples, we reveal that decentralized network is a key contributing factor for diffusion of microblogs in China. The implication of the result is then discussed.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/198717
ISBN
9783319076317
ISSN
0302-9743
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.606

 

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dc.identifier.citationThe 6th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media (SCSM), Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 22-27 June 2014. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2014, v. 8531, p. 331-341en_US
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dc.description.abstractThe use of microblog, i.e. Twitter, in politics and social issues has been broadly studied. But research into the role of microblog in China’s unique socio-political context is still limited and empirical data remain inadequate. In this study, we conceptualize the process of diffusion of microblogs in China as a “social network” and deploy social network analysis to operationalize the network characteristics of such process. Using Sina Weibo’s Open API, we collected 118 networks of reposts related to various social issues in China. While our findings describe the network characteristics of the samples, we reveal that decentralized network is a key contributing factor for diffusion of microblogs in China. The implication of the result is then discussed.-
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Verlag. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.com/content/105633/en_US
dc.relation.ispartofLecture Notes in Computer Scienceen_US
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dc.subjectChina-
dc.subjectinformation diffusion-
dc.subjectmicroblog-
dc.subjectsocial network analysis-
dc.titleCan Network Help Chinese Microblogs Diffuse? Analyzing 118 Networks of Reposts About Social Issues in Chinaen_US
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