Although social capital has been researched from many approaches and attempts have made to measure it online, the literature lacks an operational description that would allow its measurement criteria be established a network perspective. Therefore, purpose of this paper is identify in what metrics researchers use on networking sites Thus, contribution offers theoretical key elements for measuri...

in the almost new literature of social capital, the concept has mainly been considered domestic, while we can find social capital beyond state borders. in this article social capital has been connected to international relations through micro and macro aspects. the effect of information technology on social capital is then mentioned on both domestic and transnational scales. information technol...

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The Social Semantic Web has begun to provide connections between users within social networks and the content they produce across the whole of the Social Web. Thus, the Social Semantic Web provides a basis to analyze both the communication behavior of users together with the content of their communication. However, there is little research combining the tools to study communication behaviour an...

Abstract This paper furthers inquiry into the social structure of free and open source software (FLOSS) teams by undertaking social network analysis across time. Contrary to expectations, we confirmed earlier findings of a wide distribution of centralizations even when examining the networks over time. The paper also provides empirical evidence that while change at the center of FLOSS projects ...

How can we understand FOSS collaboration better? Can social issues that emerge be identified and addressed before it is too late? Can the community heal itself, become more transparent and inclusive, and promote diversity? We propose a technique to address these issues by quantitative analysis of social dynamics in FOSS communities. We propose using social network analysis metrics to identify g...

In recent years, online social network(OSN), emerged as a new medium, has flourished as never before. Meanwhile, constant developments in mobile technology have changed the way people engage in social media. Another kind of social network called mobile social network (MSN) emerges as required and is becoming more and more popular. The goal of this paper is to compare communication behavior in m...