TY - GEN
T1 - Homophily evolution in online networks
T2 - 5th International Conference on Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts, AIST 2016
AU - Dokuka, Sofia
AU - Valeeva, Diliara
AU - Yudkevich, Maria
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © Springer International Publishing AG 2017.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Homophily is considered by network scientists as one of the major mechanisms of social network formation. However, the role of dynamic homophily in the network growth process has not been investigated in detail yet. In this paper, we estimate the role of homophily by various attributes at different stages of online network formation process. We consider the process of online friendship formation in the Vkontakte social networking site among first-year students at a Russian university. We reveal that at the beginning of the network formation a similarity in gender and score in entrance exams plays the key role, while by the end of network establishment period the role of the same group affiliation becomes more important. We explain the results with the tendency of students to follow different strategies to control the information flow in their social environment.
AB - Homophily is considered by network scientists as one of the major mechanisms of social network formation. However, the role of dynamic homophily in the network growth process has not been investigated in detail yet. In this paper, we estimate the role of homophily by various attributes at different stages of online network formation process. We consider the process of online friendship formation in the Vkontakte social networking site among first-year students at a Russian university. We reveal that at the beginning of the network formation a similarity in gender and score in entrance exams plays the key role, while by the end of network establishment period the role of the same group affiliation becomes more important. We explain the results with the tendency of students to follow different strategies to control the information flow in their social environment.
KW - Homophily
KW - Network evolution
KW - Network growth
KW - Online networks
KW - Student networks
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52920-2_9
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52920-2_9
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9783319529196
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 91
EP - 99
BT - Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts - 5th International Conference, AIST 2016, Revised Selected Papers
A2 - Loukachevitch, Natalia
A2 - Panchenko, Alexander
A2 - Vorontsov, Konstantin
A2 - Labunets, Valeri G.
A2 - Savchenko, Andrey V.
A2 - Ignatov, Dmitry I.
A2 - Nikolenko, Sergey I.
A2 - Khachay, Mikhail Yu.
PB - Springer Verlag
Y2 - 7 April 2016 through 9 April 2016
ER -