Abstract. Social Network Analysis (SNA) provides graph algorithms to characterize the structure of social networks, strategic positions in these networks, specific sub-networks and...
We have friends we consider very close and acquaintances we barely know. The social sciences use the term tie strength to denote this differential closeness with the people in our...
Using data from a popular online social network site, this paper explores the relationship between profile structure (namely, which fields are completed) and number of friends, gi...
In this paper we describe the results of a controlled study of a social game, Magpies, which was built on the Facebook Online Social Network (OSN) and enhanced with contextual soc...
Ben Kirman, Shaun Lawson, Conor Linehan, Francesco...
Online social networking communities such as Facebook and MySpace are extremely popular. These sites have changed how many people develop and maintain relationships through postin...