Analyzing the dynamics of production and appropriation of information in online social networks

Authors

  • Dalton Martins Universidade de São Paulo

Keywords:

Social networks. Network analysis. Webmetrics. Information Science. Indicators.

Abstract

The use of information systems for the promotion of social networks has been a trend in the development of the Internet in the last decade. Analyze what happens in these systems, as users take ownership and what they produce is not always a trivial task. The article presents a dynamic set of indicators easy to apply in order to characterize the dynamics of appropriation and production users. The data set used as if Converse is the social network, the environment created within the Ministério da Cultura – Cultura Viva program, with over thirteen thousand users all over the country during the years 2005 to 2007. The results show forms and strategies of network usage, to identify patterns of behavior that extend the capability of viewing and understanding the process of appropriation and production space for its users.

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Published

2011-12-07

How to Cite

MARTINS, D. Analyzing the dynamics of production and appropriation of information in online social networks. Em Questão, Porto Alegre, v. 17, n. 2, p. 27–43, 2011. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/21895. Acesso em: 24 jun. 2025.

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Vol. 17 No. 2 (2011)

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Copyright (c) 2011 Dalton Martins

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