Geographies of online social interaction: a big data analytics approach to social media platform Sina Weibo

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dc.contributor.authorWang, Chaowen
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorXu, Wei
dc.contributor.supervisorZhang, John Z.
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-14T18:06:06Z
dc.date.available2019-02-14T18:06:06Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractSocial media has revolutionized many aspects of people’s social life. However, few studies have utilized massive individual-level data from social media to examine the effects of geography. In this study a program was developed to collect and analyze data from Sina Weibo in ten selected Chinese cities. Four geographic concepts, i.e., borders, distance, places, and urban system hierarchy were chosen to measure the geographic effects by investigating geographical distribution of people’s connections and comparing tweets similarity between different cities. The results show that these geographic concepts are playing an important role in the formation of new online connections and shaping people’s interests. Social media users still tend to establish connections and share more common interests with people who live in the same city or close to them. People who live in the first-tier cities have more opportunities to establish connections across the country and their interests cover a broader range.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5292
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subject0366en_US
dc.proquest.subject0984en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : Universtiy of Lethbridge, Department of Geographyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Geographyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectsocial mediaen_US
dc.subjectSina Weiboen_US
dc.subjectsimilarityen_US
dc.subjectbordersen_US
dc.subjectplacesen_US
dc.subjectdistanceen_US
dc.subjecturban hierarchyen_US
dc.subjectSocial media -- Researchen_US
dc.subjectMocroblogs -- Researchen_US
dc.subjectOnline social networksen_US
dc.subjectBig dataen_US
dc.subjectGeography -- Network analysisen_US
dc.subjectSocial media -- Research -- Chinaen_US
dc.subjectMicroblogs -- Research -- Chinaen_US
dc.titleGeographies of online social interaction: a big data analytics approach to social media platform Sina Weiboen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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