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Dedication
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
Analyzing the social web
A brief history of the social web
Websites discussed
Tools used
Exercises
Chapter 2. Nodes, Edges, and Network Measures
Basics of network structure
Representing networks
Basic network structures and properties
Exercises
Chapter 3. Network Structure and Measures
Describing nodes and edges
Describing networks
Exercises
Chapter 4. Network Visualization
Graph layout
Visualizing network features
Scale issues
Exercises
Chapter 5. Tie Strength
The role of tie strength
Measuring tie strength
Tie strength and network structure
Tie strength and network propagation
Exercises
Chapter 6. Trust
Defining trust
Nuances of trust
Measuring trust
Trust in social media
Inferring trust
Network-based inference
Similarity-based trust inference
Exercises
Chapter 7. Understanding Structure Through User Attributes and Behavior
Analyzing attributes and behavior
Exercises
Chapter 8. Building Networks
Modeling networks
Sampling methods
Egocentric network analysis
Exercises
Chapter 9. Entity Resolution and Link Prediction
Link prediction
Entity resolution
Incorporating network data
Link prediction: Case study—Friend recommendation
Entity resolution: Case study—Finding duplicate accounts
Conclusion
Exercises
Chapter 10. Propagation in Networks
Epidemic models
Threshold models
The firefighter problem
Stochastic models
Applications of epidemic models to social media
Exercises
Chapter 11. Community-Maintained Resources
Supporting technologies for community-maintained resources
User motivations
Exercises
Chapter 12. Location-Based Social Interaction
Location technology
Mobile location sharing
Location-based social media analysis
Privacy and location-based social media
Conclusions
Exercises
Chapter 13. Social Information Filtering
Social sharing and social filtering
Automated recommender systems
Case study: Reddit voting system
Case study: Trust-based movie recommendations
Conclusions
Exercises
Chapter 14. Social Media in the Public Sector
Analyzing public-sector social media
Case study: Social media to solve an attempted child abduction
Case study: Congressional use of twitter
Case study: Predicting elections and astroturfing
Exercises
Chapter 15. Business Use of Social Media
Measuring success
Broadcast example: Will it Blend? Marketing campaign
Interaction and monitoring example: Zappos customer service
Social media failure example: Celeb boutique and the NRA
Conclusions
Exercises
Chapter 16. Privacy
Privacy policies and settings
Aggregation and data mining
Data ownership and maintaining privacy online
Respecting privacy in social media analysis
Exercises
Chapter 17. Case Study: Social Network Strategies for Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse
Introduction
Related work and background of the zombie apocalypse
Network strategies for the individual: Avoiding infection
Network strategies for the government: Stopping the spread
Network strategies for the individual: Obtaining information
Network strategies for the government: Information sharing
Exercises
References
Glossary
Index
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