2010/06/13 by Diederik W. van Liere · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Computer Science · #Complex Network Analysis Techniques #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #Web Data Mining and Analysis
paper · doi:10.1145/1835980.1835986
openalex publication_date 2010/06/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
In this paper, I present evidence on the geographic diffusion patterns of information of Twitter users. I identify three possible information diffusion patterns: random, local and information brokerage and show that the information brokerage pattern describes best how users of Twitter diffuse information through the act of retweeting.