influence in social networks

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A 5 minute presentation I gave as part of a group project on Social Network Analysis in March 2014. Here we look at how (and if) social networking services have had a sizable impact on the way influence ripples through a network. Thanks to N. Christakis et al, Bakshy et al. A full bibliography and a more verbose explanation of the ideas and work behind this presentation can be found here: http://bit.ly/1faqcTG

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INFLUENCE

influence |ˈɪnflʊəәns|!

noun the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour

of someone or something.

FriendshipMarriage

Brotherhood

ProfessionProximityEducation

YouTubeFacebook

Twitter

“The Network of People”

1 2The Framingham Heart

StudyQuantifying Influence

on Twitter

PRE POST

The Online Social Networking Services Revolution

What has changed? What hasn’t? Does it make any difference?

?

1The Framingham Heart Studyby Nicholas A. Christakis and James H. Fowler 2001

The largest connected subcomponent involving 2,200 individuals in 2000 from the Framingham Heart Study Social Network. Each node represents one person.

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Degrees of Separation in the Network

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3 Degrees of Influence

Your Friends Your Friends’ Friends Your Friends Friends’ Friends

INDUCTION

Hey I see you’re smoking. Wow, such cool. Can I try?

HOMOPHILY

Hey I see you smoke, too. Let’s be BFFs!

CONFOUNDING

My colleagues and I have been smoking 60 cigarettes per day since we started working at Marlboro. But then again, it

might be a coincidence. *lights 3 cigarettes at once*

What has changed? What hasn’t? Does it make any difference?

?

2Everyone is an InfluencerQuantifying Influence on Twitter. by Bakshy et al. 2011

Marketing Campaign word-of-mouth diffusion

Who are the most cost-effective users? Who can generate the highest influence-per-dollar?

November 2009

October 2009

Analysis Prediction

Data collection over a 2 month period:

One billion tweets

74 million users

87 million events

influencer |ˈɪnflʊəәns|!

noun a user who has the ability to

constantly seed cascades that spread further than others.

“large cascades are rare”

The most cost-efficient users are “ordinary influencers”

Why?

Health Crime War Economy and Finance Innovation

Networks have value.

The position we occupy in our network shapes our experience of it.

–Mark Zuckerberg

“Facebook was not originally created to be a company. It was built to accomplish a social mission - to make the world more

open and connected.”

Thank You!

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