D-Map: Visual analysis of ego-centric information diffusion patterns in social media
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- Conference Proceeding
- Citation:
- 2016 IEEE Conference on Visual Analytics Science and Technology, VAST 2016 - Proceedings, 2017, pp. 41 - 50
- Issue Date:
- 2017-03-20
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© 2016 IEEE. Popular social media platforms could rapidly propagate vital information over social networks among a significant number of people. In this work we present D-Map (Diffusion Map), a novel visualization method to support exploration and analysis of social behaviors during such information diffusion and propagation on typical social media through a map metaphor. In D-Map, users who participated in reposting (i.e., resending a message initially posted by others) one central user's posts (i.e., a series of original tweets) are collected and mapped to a hexagonal grid based on their behavior similarities and in chronological order of the repostings. With additional interaction and linking, D-Map is capable of providing visual portraits of the influential users and describing their social behaviors. A comprehensive visual analysis system is developed to support interactive exploration with D-Map. We evaluate our work with real world social media data and find interesting patterns among users. Key players, important information diffusion paths, and interactions among social communities can be identified.
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