Social Set Analysis: Four Demonstrative Case Studies

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    Abstract

    This paper argues that the basic premise of Social Network Analysis (SNA) -- namely that social reality is constituted by dyadic relations and that social interactions are determined by structural properties of networks-- is neither necessary nor sufficient, for Big Social Data analytics of Facebook or Twitter data. However, there exist no other holistic computational social science approach beyond the relational sociology and graph theory of SNA. To address this limitation, this paper presents an alternative holistic approach to Big Social Data analytics called Social Set Analysis (SSA). Based on the sociology of associations and the mathematics of classical, fuzzy and rough set theories, this paper proposes a research program. The function of which is to design, develop and evaluate social set analytics in terms of fundamentally novel formal models, predictive methods and visual analytics tools for Big Social Data. Four demonstrative case studies, employing SSA, covering the range of descriptive, predictive, visual and prescriptive analytics are presented and briefly discussed.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TitelProceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Social Media & Society : SMSociety '15
    RedaktørerAnatoliy Gruzd, Jenna Jacobson, Philip Mai, Barry Wellman
    Antal sider8
    UdgivelsesstedNew York
    ForlagAssociation for Computing Machinery
    Publikationsdato2015
    Artikelnummer3
    ISBN (Trykt)9781450339230
    ISBN (Elektronisk)9781450339230
    DOI
    StatusUdgivet - 2015
    BegivenhedThe 6th International Conference on Social Media & Society. SMSociety 2015 - Toronto, Canada
    Varighed: 27 jul. 201529 jul. 2015
    Konferencens nummer: 6
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    Konference

    KonferenceThe 6th International Conference on Social Media & Society. SMSociety 2015
    Nummer6
    Land/OmrådeCanada
    ByToronto
    Periode27/07/201529/07/2015
    Internetadresse
    NavnACM International Conference Proceeding Series

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