Modeling information equality : social and media latency effects on information diffusion

• Main Authors: Chib, Arul, Sinnreich, Aram, Gilbert, Jesse
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100893; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18216; http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/24
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this study, we build and test a stochastic, agent-based model of information diffusion, called dFusion. The model incorporates diffusion research and social network analysis into a framework that is consistent with the findings of digital divide and knowledge gap research. Using three separate...