Are the Popular Users Always Important for Information Dissemination in Online Social Networks?

作者:Wen Sheng*; Jiang Jiaojiao; Xiang Yang; Yu Shui; Zhou Wanlei
来源:IEEE Network, 2014, 28(5): 64-67.
DOI:10.1109/MNET.2014.6915441

摘要

This article verifies the importance of popular users in OSNs. The results are counter-intuitive. First, for dissemination speed, a large amount of users can swiftly distribute information to the masses, but they are not highly-connected users. Second, for dissemination scale, many powerful forwarders in OSNs cannot be identified by the degree measure. Furthermore, to control dissemination, popular users cannot capture most bridges of social communities.

  • 出版日期2014-10
  • 单位迪肯大学