Based on analysis of user relationship to create a user influence model. By means of collecting the user data of Sina Weibo, this thesis will analyse Weibo users relationship and the causes of customer relationship networks. By using the fuzzy comprehensive evaluation methods to determine the relationship between different factors that may affect user influence and propose a formula as well as ...

Semantic blogging combines blogs with the Semantic Web for improved metadata. Our analysis of six semblogging approaches and systems reveals that all are RDF-based, suffer from not using Published Subjects as proxies for subjects, and do not employ semantic relations motivated by knowledge organization. In contrast, we introduce and discuss semblog-tm, a prototype of a Topic Mapsand PSI-based s...

This study explored ethical beliefs and practices of two distinct groups of bloggers-personal and non-personal--through a worldwide web survey. A stratified purposive sample of 1,224 bloggers provided information about their blogging experience, blogging habits, and demographics. They were also asked about their beliefs and practices for four ethical principles: truth telling, attribution, acco...

In the 1980s we witnessed the dawning of the Information Age. Today, the use of information technology has become an integral part of our lives. Education is no exception. With the introduction of Web 2.0 tools such as weblogs, students are presented a new platform for interaction and exchanging ideas. A review of the literature however reveals few empirical studies examining the relationship o...

The present study concerns the content of MySpace blogs and whether it differs from the blog style found on sites specifically designed for blogging. A content analysis of MySpace blogs was conducted to investigate trends in purpose, format, and style and to compare these across sex and age categories. Most blogs were written in a positive tone, and the main motivations for blogging appeared to...

Nowadays, sentiment analysis is a popular research area in computer science. which aims to determine a person’s or a group’s mood, behaviour and opinion about any topic with using textual documents. With the proliferation of social micro-blogging sites, digital opinion text data is increased. Thus, many sentiment analysis researches are performed on these public data in different sociological f...

Researchers need to share information about their publications. They also desire to share opinions and comments about each other’s publications. The paper describes a system which demonstrates how semantic blogging can be used for the purpose. The SWRC ontology has been incorporated in the blogging system for entering the metadata of publications. The semantic blogging system provides means to ...

Blogging can be used to enhance education by encouraging reflective practice. We present a study in which a final year HCI course was constructed around regular blogging activity. We discuss the role of blogs in providing a social mechanism for the student body and in acting as a conduit between classroom and practical examples. We analyze the blogs from a quantitative and qualitative perspecti...