Offline versus online: A meaningful categorization of ties for retweets

Author

Felicia NATALI, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Feida ZHU, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

8-2018

Abstract

With the recent proliferation of news being shared through online social networks, it is crucial to determine how news is spread and what drives people to share certain stories. In this paper, we focus on the social networking site Twitter and analyse user’s retweets. We study retweeting patterns between offline and online friends, particularly, how tweet novelty and tweet topic differ between tweets retweeted by offline friends and those retweeted by online friends.

Keywords

Offline ties, Online ties, Retweet, Twitter

Discipline

Databases and Information Systems | Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing | Social Media

Research Areas

Data Science and Engineering

Publication

Social Informatics: 10th International Conference, SocInfo 2018, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 25-28: Proceedings

Volume

11185

First Page

386

Last Page

402

ISBN

9783030011284

Identifier

10.1007/978-3-030-01129-1_24

Publisher

Springer

City or Country

Cham

Citation

NATALI, Felicia and ZHU, Feida. Offline versus online: A meaningful categorization of ties for retweets. (2018). Social Informatics: 10th International Conference, SocInfo 2018, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 25-28: Proceedings. 11185, 386-402.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/4868

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Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01129-1_24