The national geographic characteristics of online public opinion propagation in China based on WeChat network

• Published in: GeoInformatica Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 311 - 334
• Main Authors: Ai, Chuan, Chen, Bin, He, Lingnan, Lai, Kaisheng, Qiu, Xiaogang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.04.2018; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Analysis; Computer Science; Data processing; Data Structures and Information Theory; Digital media; Division; Earth and Environmental Science; Economics; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Geography; Information Storage and Retrieval; Internet; Management methods; Multimedia Information Systems; Propagation; Public opinion; Regions; Social media; Social networks; Social organization; China; Public opinion online; Community detection; Regional characteristics; Online interaction network

Offline networks have been the subject of intense academic scrutiny for many decades, but we still know little about the nationwide spatial interaction patterns and its application for public opinion management of online social networks. With the aim of uncovering the geographic interaction characte...