Abstract
This chapters provide methods to describe in a quantitative way, a social network site as a whole. Besides the most commonly used metrics such as number of users or level of activity the chapter proposes more complex metrics based on topi diversity and language fidelity.
Translated title of the contribution | Empirical approach to Social Network Sites description |
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Original language | Italian |
Title of host publication | Gli effetti sociali del web. Forme della comunicazione e metodologie della ricerca online |
Editors | Giovanni Boccia Artieri |
Publisher | Edizioni FrancoAngeli |
Publication date | 2015 |
Pages | 52-62 |
ISBN (Print) | 8820417413 |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Social Network Analysis
- Quantitative Metrics
- User Activity
- Topic Diversity
- Language Fidelity