The Ties that Bind Us: Visualizing Relationships on Twitter and Social Networks Export

@misc{citeulike:4255439, abstract = {Scholars, advertisers and political activists see massive online social networks as a representation of social interactions that can be used to study the propagation of ideas, social bond dynamics and viral marketing, among others. But the linked structures of social networks do not reveal actual interactions among people. Scarcity of attention and the daily rhythms of life and work makes people default to interacting with those few that matter and that reciprocate their attention. A study of social interactions within Twitter reveals that the driver of usage is a sparse and hidden network of connections underlying the ” declared” set of friends and followers.}, author = {Sollis, Brian}, citeulike-article-id = {4255439}, comment = {On Social Networks we're bound by context and not necessarily by the relationships that link us in the real world.}, day = {23}, keywords = {context, social, twitter}, month = {February}, number = {http://www.briansolis.com/2009/02/ties-that-binds-us-visualizing.html}, posted-at = {2009-04-02 09:36:33}, priority = {2}, title = {The Ties that Bind Us: Visualizing Relationships on Twitter and Social Networks}, year = {2009} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:4255439 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4255439 N2 - Scholars, advertisers and political activists see massive online social networks as a representation of social interactions that can be used to study the propagation of ideas, social bond dynamics and viral marketing, among others. But the linked structures of social networks do not reveal actual interactions among people. Scarcity of attention and the daily rhythms of life and work makes people default to interacting with those few that matter and that reciprocate their attention. A study of social interactions within Twitter reveals that the driver of usage is a sparse and hidden network of connections underlying the “declared” set of friends and followers. IS - http://www.briansolis.com/2009/02/ties-that-binds-us-visualizing.html TI - The Ties that Bind Us: Visualizing Relationships on Twitter and Social Networks KW - context KW - social KW - twitter N1 - On Social Networks we're bound by context and not necessarily by the relationships that link us in the real world. AU - Sollis, Brian PY - 2009/02/23/ ER -