Brainstorming MCSN

Please add your contributions to this page. Each contribution in 4 parts (but feel free to leave these sketchy...)

1. Phenomenon from MCSN
2. Research question to ask about this phenomenon
3. Model: How would you frame this question in terms of social networks?
4. What sort of method can you propose for answering it? (how would you gather and analyze the data?)

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For example, here's one from Michael:

1. Phenomenon: Musician-celebrities on Twitter
2. Research question: how does the structure of Twitter connections differ by music genre - or does it?
3. Model: musician-celebrity is a vertex, as is everyone they follow. Lines are arcs, defined by "following".
4. Method: extract these egonets from Twitter, and analyze density (to what extent do those they follow actually follow each other?)

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1. Phenomenon: Artists on Facebook
2. Research question: How artists attract more fans - just a friend of friend or by the art genres?
3. Model: Artists and everyone that as a fan is vertex, by having the fans following the artist.
4. Method: Analyze the specialties of the artist and the interest of the fans.

Chee Meng Low

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