Using Facebook as a Data Source and Platform for e-Researching Social Networks

Robert Ackland

doi:10.1.1.507.1063

Using Facebook as a Data Source and Platform for e-Researching Social Networks

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Social networking services (SNS) such as Facebook and Orkut enable new research into the role of individual characteristics in friendship patterns and the diffusion of tastes in social networks. This paper assesses the opportunities and challenges posed by SNSs for empirical research into online social networks. It is argued that SNSs may eventually provide platforms for delivering social network analysis e-Research tools, and a prototype tool built using the OpenSocial API is presented. MyExperiment has been described as "Facebook for scientists"; this paper contends that that SNSs such as Facebook may eventually be described as "GridSphere for e-Social Scientists".

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of International Conference on e-Social Science 2008
Editors	Conference Program Committee
Place of Publication	United Kingdom
Publisher	ESRC National Centre for e-Social Science
Pages	1-8
Edition	Peer Reviewed
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1.1.507.1063
Publication status	Published - 2008
Event	International Conference on e-Social Science 2008 - Manchester UK Duration: 1 Jan 2008 → …

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Conference	International Conference on e-Social Science 2008
Period	1/01/08 → …
Other	June 18-20 2008

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Using Facebook as a Data Source and Platform for e-Researching Social Networks. / Ackland, Robert.
Proceedings of International Conference on e-Social Science 2008. ed. / Conference Program Committee. Peer Reviewed. ed. United Kingdom: ESRC National Centre for e-Social Science, 2008. p. 1-8.

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