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CHI
2007
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Provoking sociability
In this study, we explore the potential usefulness of disturbing, uncomfortable systems, demonstrating that provocative technology can have a positive effect on social relationshi...
Brooke E. Foucault, Helena M. Mentis, Phoebe Senge...
CHI
2011
ACM
13 years 17 days ago
The impact of network structure on breaking ties in online social networks: unfollowing on twitter
We investigate the breaking of ties between individuals in the online social network of Twitter, a hugely popular social media service. Building on sociology concepts such as stre...
Funda Kivran-Swaine, Priya Govindan, Mor Naaman
KDD
2009
ACM
227views Data Mining» more  KDD 2009»
14 years 9 months ago
User grouping behavior in online forums
Online forums represent one type of social media that is particularly rich for studying human behavior in information seeking and diffusing. The way users join communities is a re...
Xiaolin Shi, Jun Zhu, Rui Cai, Lei Zhang
HICSS
2006
IEEE
119views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2006»
14 years 3 months ago
Increasing Relevance of Smoking Cessation Messages in an Online Software Agent Environment
An online software agent that helps smokers quit was designed and tested. We created a library of categorized smoking cessation messages using meta-data corresponding to the Stage...
Todd Shimoda, Linda Stapel
VIS
2005
IEEE
122views Visualization» more  VIS 2005»
14 years 10 months ago
Effectively Visualizing Large Networks Through Sampling
We study the problem of visualizing large networks and develop es for effectively abstracting a network and reducing the size to a level that can be clearly viewed. Our size reduc...
Davood Rafiei, Stephen Curial