Social Network Analysis Blog Questions

In a 400-500 word blog post, we want you to think about how information gets shared through your social media.

Think about your networks and sub-networks on social media. Are your groups connected or kept mostly separated? How do you think this affects the variety of posts in your feed?

Think about whose posts appear most often on your feed, and the sorts of posts you like, comment, share, retweet and so on. What sort of posts are you most drawn to and what is your connection to the people who post them? How do you think you are influenced by your friends on social media?

Now think about the things that you post. Who are the people who usually react to your posts, what is your connection with them? How do you think you influence others through social media?

You should have a better understanding of how influence works through your social networks now. How do you feel about sites like Facebook having access to this information? Looking at the readings, how do you think they can use this information to manipulate your social networks? How do you feel about this?