Temporal visualization of social network dynamics: Prototypes for nation of neighbors

Jae Wook Ahn, Meirav Taieb-Maimon, Awalin Sopan, Catherine Plaisant, Ben Shneiderman

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Abstract

Information visualization is a powerful tool for analyzing the dynamic nature of social communities. Using Nation of Neighbors community network as a testbed, we propose five principles of implementing temporal visualizations for social networks and present two research prototypes: NodeXL and TempoVis. Three different states are defined in order to visualize the temporal changes of social networks. We designed the prototypes to show the benefits of the proposed ideas by letting users interactively explore temporal changes of social networks.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationSocial Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction - 4th International Conference, SBP 2011, Proceedings
Pages309-316
Number of pages8
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Mar 2011
Event4th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, SBP 2011 - College Park, MD, United States
Duration: 29 Mar 201131 Mar 2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume6589 LNCS

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, SBP 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityCollege Park, MD
Period29/03/1131/03/11

Keywords

  • Information Visualization
  • Social Dynamics
  • Social Network Analysis
  • Temporal Evolution
  • User Interface

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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