中国物理B ›› 2014, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (6): 60101-060101.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/23/6/060101

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Impact of user influence on information multi-step communication in micro-blog

吴越, 胡勇, 何小海, 邓垦   

  1. College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, Chine
  • 收稿日期:2013-08-22 修回日期:2013-11-27 出版日期:2014-06-15 发布日期:2014-06-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60873246) and China Information Technology Security Evaluation Center.

Impact of user influence on information multi-step communication in micro-blog

Wu Yue (吴越), Hu Yong (胡勇), He Xiao-Hai (何小海), Deng Ken (邓垦)   

  1. College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, Chine
  • Received:2013-08-22 Revised:2013-11-27 Online:2014-06-15 Published:2014-06-15
  • Contact: Hu Yong E-mail:huyong@scu.edu.cn
  • About author:2014-4-15
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60873246) and China Information Technology Security Evaluation Center.

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摘要： User influence is generally considered as one of the most critical factors that affect the information cascading spreading. Based on the common assumption, this paper proposes a theoretical model to examine the force from user influence on the information multi-step communication in micro-blog. Multi-step of information communication is divided into first-step and non-first-step, and user influence is classified into five dimensions. Actual data from Sina micro-blog is collected to construct the model by means of an approach based on structural equations with Partial Least Squares (PLS) technique. Experimental results indicate that the dimensions of number of fans and authority significantly impact the information first-step communication. Leader rank has a positive impact on both first-step and non-first-step communication. Moreover, global centrality and weight of friends are positively related to the information non-first-step communication, but authority is found to have much less relation to it.

关键词: user influence, information multi-step communication, micro-blog, structural equations

Abstract: User influence is generally considered as one of the most critical factors that affect the information cascading spreading. Based on the common assumption, this paper proposes a theoretical model to examine the force from user influence on the information multi-step communication in micro-blog. Multi-step of information communication is divided into first-step and non-first-step, and user influence is classified into five dimensions. Actual data from Sina micro-blog is collected to construct the model by means of an approach based on structural equations with Partial Least Squares (PLS) technique. Experimental results indicate that the dimensions of number of fans and authority significantly impact the information first-step communication. Leader rank has a positive impact on both first-step and non-first-step communication. Moreover, global centrality and weight of friends are positively related to the information non-first-step communication, but authority is found to have much less relation to it.

Key words: user influence, information multi-step communication, micro-blog, structural equations

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