Analysis and Comparison of Interaction Patterns in Online Social Network and Social Media

• Published in: 2012 21st International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN) pp. 1 - 7
• Main Authors: Jiali Lin, Zhenyu Li, Dong Wang, Salamatian, Kave, Gaogang Xie
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.07.2012
• Subjects: Correlation; Data models; Facebook; Hidden Markov models; Media; Twitter

In this work, we aim to analyze and compare interaction patterns in different types of social platforms. To this end, we measured Renren, the largest online social network in China, and Sina Weibo, the most popular microblog service in China. We model the interaction networks as unidirectional weigh...