Infomediation is defined by Nikos Smyrnaios as “the set of socio-technical mechanisms such as software, services and infrastructure that provide internet users with all types of information online and connect them with other users” (Smyrnaios, 2018). If we consider a platform like Twitter, we can see the role infomediation plays on this particular social network. […]
Name: Yige (Will) Wan Class: EM 797 Date: 10/16/2018 The graph I chose represents a network of 1,877 Twitter users whose recent tweets contained “#AoIR2018 OR #AoIR18”, or who were replied to or mentioned in those tweets, taken from a data set limited to a maximum of 18,000 tweets. The network was obtained from Twitter […]
The social media landscape has evolved into a complicated and large virtual world where knowledge sharing, public discussion, people take part in. Empowered by technology, anyone could create contents and easily reach to the wide audience. In another way, the boundaries between producers and customers are become blurred (Ranie Lees., 2012). However, not all content […]
1.0: Introduction The following assignment will evaluate social networks, and will specifically look at the hashtag Immigration via the platform Twitter. We can assess the visualized network through three key elements: (1) color nodes that identify certain communities within a given topic, (2) size nodes that tell the prominence of said conversations, (3) how the […]
The polarized crowds, tight crowd, brand clusters, community clusters, broadcast network, and support network are the six types of Twitter conversation networks that found by Smith, Rainie, Sheneiderman, and Himelboim. Nowadays, with the development of modern technology, people are more and more familiar with those social media platforms. As a result, the information transformation will […]
The first graph that I chose represents users who’s tweets included “save the children” or who were replied to or mentioned in those tweets. This graph is an example of what Smith et al. identified as a community cluster. https://nodexlgraphgallery.org/Pages/Graph.aspx?graphID=171229 Save the Children is an international nonprofit that promotes human rights for children and provides […]
The rise of social networking sites, the Internet, and mobile computing have ushered in a new era of social organization and interaction. This three-pronged change, dubbed the Triple Revolution by Rainie and Wellman (2012), has “made possible the new social operating system… call[ed] ‘networked individualism’” (p. 12). The characteristic features of this transformative event enable […]
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 […]
“Network maps of public social media discussion in services like Twitter can provide insights into the role social media plays in our society”, according to Smith, Rainie, Himelboim and Shneiderman (2014). This idea of network maps is directly related to infomediation, which is defined as “the set of socio-technical mechanisms such as software, services, and […]
Infomediation is defined as “the set of socio-technical mechanisms such as software, services, and infrastructure that provide internet users with all types of information online and connect them with users” (Smyrnaios, 2018). It is the way in which we access our information, which is being shaped more and more by oligopolies today.” This is because […]