Why do I retweet it? An information propagation model for microblogs

• Main Authors: PEZZONI, Fabio, AN, Jisun, PASSARELLA, Andrea, CROWCROFT, Jon, CONTI, Marco
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Databases and Information Systems; Social Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/6670; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/7673/viewcontent/Why_Do_I_Retweet_It.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Microblogging platforms are Web 2.0 services that represent a suitable environment for studying how information is propagated in social networks and how users can become influential. In this work we analyse the impact of the network features and of the users' behaviour on the information diffus...