The Contagion Effects of Repeated Activation in Social Networks as a Driver of Social Change
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378873317300928 As we become increasingly reliant on social media as a form of communication, it is important to examine the ramifications of social media networks. Information on the internet is not only readily available but it is able to spread rapidly among social circles. In class, we learned about social networks and how they are […]
The Game Theory of Drafting Heroes in Dota 2
https://medium.com/dota-observatory/how-does-og-win-the-international-2018-macro-strategy-and-draft-analysis-137ed3cd8dc5 Dota 2 is a competitive, e-Sport game which has been updated and played by millions since 2011. Every year, the community comes together for ‘The International’, a community funded tournament where the stakes are extremely high- the winner in 2019 won over fifteen million dollars. Dota 2 is an extremely complex game, as there […]
Social Networks in Literature
journal article: http://musicweb.ucsd.edu/~sdubnov/Mu270d/AIIDE12/03/WS12-14-011.pdf While classic literature often attempts to portray realistic social relations, strategy and foci in the story generation process vary immensely. A paper from the English & Comparative Literature Dept. at Columbia University proposes that social networks and graph theory provide a novel, complementary mechanism for narrative generation via evaluation of 19th Century […]
Spread of misinformation on Facebook
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/vaccine-opponents-are-gaining-facebook-battle-hearts-and-minds-new-map-shows This article discusses a study that analyzed over 1300 Facebook pro or anti-vaccine pages with nearly 100 million followers to produce a network map of how information spread. The study found that though anti-vaccine pages have fewer followers than pro-vaccine ones, they grow faster and connected to more undecided pages. \ This study […]