The structure of the Georgian blogosphere and its implications for information diffusion. (1st January 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Babutsidze, Zakaria; Lomitashvili, Tengiz; Turmanidze, Koba
• Is Part Of: International journal of social network mining. Volume 1:Number 3/4(2013)
• Page Start: 280
• Page End: 297
• Publication Date: 2013-01-01
• Subjects: blogosphere -- social network analysis -- communities -- centrality -- Georgia; Online social networks -- Periodicals; Social networks -- Computer network resources -- Periodicals; Data mining -- Periodicals; 302.30285
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-8485

Abstract

We present the first study on the Georgian blogosphere. The complete dataset on Georgian bloggers is collected and analysed using social network analysis tools. We identify the network's core-periphery structure. The results indicate that, after excluding unimportant peripheral blogs that do not actively participate in the system, the Georgian blogosphere is compact. The core of the system cannot be partitioned into communities by any observable characteristics. Therefore, we perform a community detection exercise. We identify two large communities and analyse their behaviour, internal architecture and inter-community interactions.