Online Social Networks

Human Cognitive Constraints in Facebook and Twitter Personal Graphs
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-12-803023-3
Verlag: William Andrew Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 116 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 160 g

Online Social Networks: Human Cognitive Constraints in Facebook and Twitter provides new insights into the structural properties of personal online social networks and the mechanisms underpinning human online social behavior.

As the availability of digital communication data generated by social media is revolutionizing the field of social networks analysis, the text discusses the use of large- scale datasets to study the structural properties of online ego networks, to compare them with the properties of general human social networks, and to highlight additional properties.

Users will find the data collected and conclusions drawn useful during design or research service initiatives that involve online and mobile social network environments.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arnaboldi, Valerio

Dunbar, Robin I.M.

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Computerkommunikation & -vernetzung Social Media, Semantic Web, Web 2.0

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

a. Cyber-Physical World convergence

b. Ego networks analysis and the social brain hypothesis

c. Aim of the book

d. Main findings

3. Human Social Networks and ego networks

a. Fundamental properties of social networks

b. The importance of tie strength

c. Ego networks

4. Analysis of of ego networks in online social networks

a. Datasets description

b. Modelling tie strength and social networks through online

communication data

c. Structural properties of online ego networks

d. Dynamics of ego networks and personal social relationships online

5. Applying structural knowledge to Online Social Networking services

6. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Dunbar, Robin I.M.
Dr. Robin Dunbar is currently Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Magdalen College. He is a Fellow of the British Academy. His principal research area focuses on the evolution of sociality. His current project funded by the ERC focus on the mechanisms of social cohesion. He has authored over 15 books including; The Trouble with Science (Harvard University Press) and Thinking Big: How the Evolution of Social Life Shaped the Human Mind (Thames) and over 300 research articles.

Arnaboldi, Valerio
Dr. Valerio Arnaboldi Ph.D is currently a Researcher in the field of social networks analysis with the Ubiquitous Internet group of the Institute for Informatics and Telematics (IIT) of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR). Previously, he worked as a visiting Ph.D. student at the Social and Evolutionary Neuroscience Research Group at the University of Oxford (UK), under the supervision of Prof. Robin I.M. Dunbar. His research interests include social network analysis, social relationships modeling and context- and social-based services for networking solutions on mobile platforms.