Understanding interactions in virtual HIV communities: a social network analysis approach

• Main Authors: Shi, Jingyuan, Wang, Xiaohui, Peng, Tai-Quan, Chen, Liang
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Social network analysis; Weibo HIV community
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84879; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42015
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study investigated the driving mechanism of building interaction ties among the people living with HIV/AIDS in one of the largest virtual HIV communities in China using social network analysis. Specifically, we explained the probability of forming interaction ties with homophily and popularity...