Naslov
Factors influencing message dissemination through social media

Autori
Zheng, Z ; Yang, H ; Fu, Y ; Fu, D ; Podobnik, Boris ; Stanley, H

Izvornik
Physical review. E (2470-0045) 97 (2018), 6-1; 062306-062306

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
factors, social media

Sažetak
Online social networks strongly impact our daily lives. An internet user (a "Netizen") wants messages to be efficiently disseminated. The susceptible-infected-recovered (SIR) dissemination model is the traditional tool for exploring the spreading mechanism of information diffusion. We here test our SIR-based dissemination model on open and real-world data collected from Twitter. We locate and identify phase transitions in the message dissemination process. We find that message content is a stronger factor than the popularity of the sender. We also find that the probability that a message will be forwarded has a threshold that affects its ability to spread, and when the probability is above the threshold the message quickly achieves mass dissemination.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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