Network Science

Walking Through Twitter: Sampling a Language-Based Follow Network of Influential Twitter Accounts
Twitter continuously tightens the access to its data via the publicly accessible, cost-free standard APIs. This especially applies to …
Felix Victor Münch, Ben Thies, Cornelius Puschmann, Axel Bruns
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RADICES (RAnk Degree Influencer CorE Sampler) - An Efficient Sampler for Influential Twitter Follow Networks (Tool Demonstration)
This demonstration of a Twitter follow network sampler (Münch & Thies, 2019) addresses a common problem faced by online media …
Jan 28, 2020 9:04 AM Gold Coast, Australia (Virtual Conference)
Felix Victor Münch, Ben Thies
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RADICES (RAnk Degree Influencer CorE Sampler) - An Efficient Sampler for Influential Twitter Follow Networks (Tool Demonstration)
What makes a bot a bot? Exploring benign automation on Twitter
We present a study on bot detection and its interpretation by assessing the different types of automation that one of the most popular …
Nov 7, 2019 4:30 PM — 4:50 PM Umspannwerk Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Felix Victor Münch, Cornelius Puschmann, Ben Thies, Axel Bruns
What makes a bot a bot? Exploring benign automation on Twitter
Bots Among Us: Prevalence, Influence, and Roles of Automated Accounts in the German Twitter Follow Network
Social bots are undermining trust in social media. They spread low-credibility content (Shao et al., 2018), so-called fake news …
Oct 5, 2019 9:00 AM — 9:30 AM Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Felix Victor Münch, Cornelius Puschmann, Ben Thies, Axel Bruns
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Bots Among Us: Prevalence, Influence, and Roles of Automated Accounts in the German Twitter Follow Network
Bots Among Us: Prevalence, Influence, and Roles of Automated Accounts in the German Twitter Follow Network
Social bots are undermining trust in social media. They spread low-credibility content, fake news, and spam. However, most research is …
Felix Victor Münch, Cornelius Puschmann, Ben Thies, Axel Bruns
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Mining Influencers in the German Twittersphere
This conference contribution presents a new sampling approach for large follow networks of influential Twitter accounts, discusses …
Jul 18, 2019 5:15 PM — 5:30 PM University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Felix Victor Münch, Ben Thies, Cornelius Puschmann, Axel Bruns
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Mining Influencers in the German Twittersphere
Walking Through Twitter: How to Mine a National Follow Network
Twitter is used by individuals, grassroots movements, and political and social elites to directly communicate to the public and …
Jun 23, 2019 3:10 PM — 3:30 PM University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy
Felix Victor Münch, Ben Thies, Cornelius Puschmann, Axel Bruns
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Walking Through Twitter: How to Mine a National Follow Network