This week I am headed to St. Pete Beach, Florida to the annual conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA). The Sunbelt Conference draws scholars from around the world; it is home to exciting research on the methods and application of social network analysis. I will be talking about a new research project, joint work with Andrés Monroy-Hernández at MSR. Talk abstract below.
Title: A Tale of Two Social Movements
Emma Spiro will head to Hamburg, Germany next week to present preliminary findings from HEROIC projects at Sunbelt XXXIII. The annual conference is sponsored by the International Network for Social Network Analysis.
Spiro will present an exploration of tie dynamics in online social networks. Many social systems now facilitate rapid re-organization (creation and dissolution) of social ties over short time scales on the order of days. Spiro et al. examine tie decay following instances of mass convergence of attention (i.
Lab members Carter Butts, Zack Almquist, Emma Spiro, Sean Fitzhugh, Adam Boessen, Ragupathyraj Valluvan, and Nicole Beckage presented research at the INSNA Sunbelt XXXII Conference in Redondo Beach, California. Lab alumni Ryan Acton, Chris Marcum, Lorien Jasny and Miruna Petrescu-Prahova also presented at the conference.
Emma Spiro presented work from the HEROIC Project entitled “A Microstructure Topology for Hyperedge Communication Events.” She also co-presented with collaborator Britta Johnson from UCCS work titled “Disruptive Diffusion: Adoption of Microblog Technologies Among Urban Organizations.