Impact of Bursty Human Activity Patterns on the Popularity of Online Content
Joint Authors
Source
Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-09-13
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The dynamics of online content popularity has attracted more and more researches in recent years.
In this paper, we provide a quantitative, temporal analysis about the dynamics of online content popularity in a massive system: Sina Microblog.
We use time-stamped data to investigate the impact of bursty human comment patterns on the popularity of online microblog news.
Statistical results indicate that the number of news and comments exhibits an exponential growth.
The strength of forwarding and comment is characterized by bursts, displaying fat-tailed distribution.
In order to characterize the dynamics of popularity, we explore the distribution of the time interval Δt between consecutive comment bursts and find that it also follows a power-law.
Bursty patterns of human comment are responsible for the power-law decay of popularity.
These results are well supported by both the theoretical analysis and empirical data.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yan, Qiang& Wu, Lianren. 2012. Impact of Bursty Human Activity Patterns on the Popularity of Online Content. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-505156
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yan, Qiang& Wu, Lianren. Impact of Bursty Human Activity Patterns on the Popularity of Online Content. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-505156
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yan, Qiang& Wu, Lianren. Impact of Bursty Human Activity Patterns on the Popularity of Online Content. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-505156
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-505156