Journal
PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Volume 395, Issue -, Pages 340-351Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2013.09.059
Keywords
Social networking service; Micro-blogging; Sina Weibo; Hot social events; Demographic characteristics
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- 973 Program [2010CB731405]
- NNSF of China [71101140]
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The spread and resonance of users' opinions on Sina Weibo, the most popular micro-blogging website in China, are tremendously influential, having significantly affected the processes of many real-world hot social events. We select 21 hot events that were widely discussed on Sina Weibo in 2011, and do some statistical analyses. Our main findings are that (i) male users are more likely to be involved, (ii) messages that contain pictures and those posted by verified users are more likely to be reposted, while those with URLs are less likely, (iii) the gender factor, for most events, presents no significant difference in reposting likelihood. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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