This is a super interesting work by Facebook Data Team: Rethinking Information Diversity in Networks. Some of the figures in their post nicely depict how individuals conceptualize their personal networks.
We all have witnessed the rapid growth of Pinterest since last year. In the current social media landscape, I think, it’s safe to say the interest-based networking started to grab the new wave of users’ attention. The interest-based networking does have the potential, given that some of the services do not REQUIRE users to submit real personal information. This is…read more →
Just accidentally stumbled upon this interesting image created by Social Media Influence. Love how they name these islands and regions. I don’t think researchers in this area may be able to recognize many of the names on the map. As I love to say, studying social media is just like shooting a moving target. The landscape is just changing so…read more →
A Pew report on Facebook users’ online behaviors, by Keith Hampton and his colleagues. Why most Facebook users get more than they give. The PDF is here.
I am very excited that my paper theorizing the link between social media research and digital inequality literature is just published and it’s accessible freely. You can retrieve the full paper here.
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