A more comprehensive activity analysis of standard online social networking functionalities

Author

Memic, Haris ; Joldic, Adil

Author_Institution

Fac. of Inf. Technol., Dzemal Bijedic Univ., Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Volume

2

fYear

2010

fDate

3-5 Oct. 2010

Abstract

Online social networks are popular habitats for many Web users. Research on activity patterns of individual features of online social networking systems is ongoing. Our approach on the study of these patterns is more encompassing than previous efforts. We have created a modern experimental educational online social network for the purpose of the study of network structures and communication phenomena in these websites. In this paper presented are patterns of activity usage of most classic features of online social networks: friends, private massages, forum, blog, photogallery, comment wall. Activity patterns of these features are compared against each other, also by taking into account the main user attribute.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; social networking (online); Web users; educational online social network; online social networking; Communication channels; Data mining; Information services; Internet; Social network services; Software; Web sites; data mining; human-computer interaction; online social networks; social network analysis; social networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Technology and Engineering (ICSTE), 2010 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Juan, PR

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8667-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-8666-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSTE.2010.5608773

Filename

5608773