Title :
Language Networks on LiveJournal
Author :
Herring, Susan C. ; Paolillo, John C. ; Ramos-Vielba, Irene ; Kouper, Inna ; Wright, Elijah ; Stoerger, Sharon ; Scheidt, Lois Ann ; Clark, Benjamin
Author_Institution :
Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN
Abstract :
Language use in 1,000 randomly-selected and 5,025 crawled LiveJournals was analyzed in order to determine the overall language demographics, the robustness of four non-English language networks (Russian, Portuguese, Finnish, and Japanese), and the characteristics of individuals who bridge between different languages on LiveJournal.com. The findings reveal that English dominates globally but not locally, network robustness is determined mostly by population size, and journals that bridge between languages are written by multicultural, multilingual individuals, or else they have broadly accessible content. Implications of these findings for cross-cultural conversation via blogs are considered
Keywords :
Web sites; electronic publishing; natural languages; social sciences computing; LiveJournal; Weblogs; cross-cultural conversation; language demography; nonEnglish language network; Blogs; Bridges; Demography; Displays; Internet; Joining processes; Natural languages; Pattern analysis; Robustness; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 2007. HICSS 2007. 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Electronic_ISBN :
1530-1605
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2007.320
