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... More
In the information age, infomediation is the basic function of the internet, which means “a set of social-technical mechanisms” that “provide internet users with all types of information online and connect them with other users”. (Smyrnaios, 2018)In other words, information is disseminated broadly and users could interact with others through... More
In the Networked: the new social operating system, Rainie and Wellman (2012), emphasized the importance of being connected online as the most powerful tool in the new adage nowadays. As social media provides us a platform for self-expression, we are able to generate the platform into our personalized space with... More
Graph 1 Source: https://nodexlgraphgallery.org/Pages/Graph.aspx?graphID=171397 The first graph I found contains Twitter users who were either replied to or mentioned in the topic of #Parkland. #Parkland was tied to the shooting tragedy at the Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, 2018, that resulted in the death of 17... More
Smith, Rainie, Shneiderman, and Himelboim have summarized six types of Twitter topic networks. With these ways of mapping networks, researchers can make a better understanding of the variety of ways individuals form groups and organize online (Himelboim et al, 2014). Notably, researchers can discuss the key people, groups, and topics. More