After the 2016 election, “fake news” is one of the top words. Because during the election, fake news was widely shared on the Internet. And some people claimed that Trump would not have been elected president without the influence of fake news. Is that true? Many scholars tried to figure out if fake news on […]
In the article Mapping Twitter Topic Networks: From Polarized Crowds to Community Clusters, Smith and his colleagues observed and concluded six structures of network types based on the conversations on Twitter. However, what is the factor causes the different shape of the network communities? Infomediation, vertical integration or other factors? This passage will offer one […]
The era of Internet redefines the social interaction. Beyond real-life social communication, the internet has generated virtual social circle that rivals the real social interaction. People who use ICT’s have broader and more diverse social networks than those who do not (Rainie & Wellman, 2012). A wide variety of social media platforms in ICTs allows […]