June 11, 2013, 12 p.m.

Novel aspects coming from the directionality of online relationships: a case study of Twitter

Haewoon Kwak

The online relationship in Twitter, known as follow, is directed. People can follow any other person without an approval. In this talk I show novel aspects of Twitter that come from the directionality in relationships: topological characteristics of the directed network, word-of-mouth information spreading via retweet, and online relationship dissolution.