Exploring offline friendships on the social information network: Network characteristics, information diffusion, and tie strength

• Main Author: NATALI, Felicia
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Offline friendship; Twitter; Social Network; Social Information Network; Information diffusion; Tie strength; Digital Communications and Networking; Social Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/179; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1179&context=etd_coll
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The rapid increase in online social networking services over the last decade has pre- sented an unprecedented opportunity to observe users’ behaviour both on a societal and individual level. The insight gained from analysing such data can help foster a deeper understanding of social media users and...