Connected Lives: The Project1

Wellman, Barry; Hogan, Bernie; Berg, Kristen A.; Boase, Jeffrey; Carrasco, Juan Antonio; Côté, Rochelle R.; Kayahara, Jennifer; Kennedy, Tracy L. M.; Tran, Phuoc T.

doi:10.1007/1-84628-601-8_8

Cited by 140 publications

(83 citation statements)

References 83 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Current research in this field is is based mostly on qualitative findings and surveys. For example, Barry Wellman et al studied the impact of Internet on neighborhoods and families [15], Kraut et al studied the effects of the Internet on the well being of users [10], and Ellison et al studied social capital of Facebook [5]. While our current paper does not aim to contribute directly to any of these questions, our work provides another dimension to address these difficult questions in future work.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bridging the gap between physical location and online social networks

Cranshaw

Toch

Hong

et al. 2010

Proceedings of the 12th ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing

387

250

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper examines the location traces of 489 users of a location sharing social network for relationships between the users' mobility patterns and structural properties of their underlying social network. We introduce a novel set of location-based features for analyzing the social context of a geographic region, including location entropy, which measures the diversity of unique visitors of a location. Using these features, we provide a model for predicting friendship between two users by analyzing their location trails. Our model achieves significant gains over simpler models based only on direct properties of the co-location histories, such as the number of co-locations. We also show a positive relationship between the entropy of the locations the user visits and the number of social ties that user has in the network. We discuss how the offline mobility of users can have implications for both researchers and designers of online social networks.

show abstract

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bridging the gap between physical location and online social networks

Cranshaw

Toch

Hong

et al. 2010

Proceedings of the 12th ACM International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing

387

250

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…One of the first studies into personal network dynamics was conducted in Toronto during several decades, first by Leighton and Wellman (in 1968) and later (1978 and 2004/'05) by Wellman and his collaborators (see Wellman, Carrington & Hall, 1988;Wellman, Wong, Tindall, & Nazer, 1997;Wellman et al, 2005). These so-called East York studies have shown how personal networks change over time and have estimated, among others, the influence of distance and communication on this evolution (Mok & Wellman, 2007;Mok, Wellman, & Carrasco, 2008).…”

Section: Longitudinal Analysis Of Personal Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Longitudinal analysis of personal networks. The case of Argentinean migrants in Spain

et al. 2010

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper discusses and illustrates various approaches for the longitudinal analysis of personal networks (multilevel analysis, regression analysis, and SIENA). We combined the different types of analyses in a study of the changing personal networks of immigrants. Data were obtained from 25 Argentineans in Spain, who were interviewed twice in a two-year interval. Qualitative interviews were used to estimate the amount of measurement error and to isolate important predictors. Quantitative analyses showed that the persistence of ties was explained by tie strength, network density, and alters' country of origin and residence. Furthermore, transitivity appeared to be an important tendency, both for acquiring new contacts and for the relationships among alters. At the network level, immigrants' networks were remarkably stable in composition and structure despite the high turnover. Clustered graphs have been used to illustrate the results. The results are discussed in light of adaptation to the host society.

show abstract

“…More recently, there has also been interest in what communication media they use to connect: in-person, wired/mobile phone, e-mail, etc. (Wellman and Hogan 2006). Wellman / CHALLENGES IN COLLECTING 113 What Is the Content of Ego-Alter Ties?…”

Section: How Do Egos and Alters Connect?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Connected Lives: The Project1

Cited by 140 publications

References 83 publications

Bridging the gap between physical location and online social networks

Bridging the gap between physical location and online social networks

Longitudinal analysis of personal networks. The case of Argentinean migrants in Spain

Challenges in Collecting Personal Network Data: The Nature of Personal Network Analysis

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About