NETCLUSTERING: a theoretical model for emerging networks

• Grant number: 10/06243-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: November 01, 2010
• End date: October 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Communications - Theory of Communication
• Principal Investigator: Ciro Juvenal Rodrigues Marcondes Filho
• Grantee: Marco Toledo de Assis Bastos
• Host Institution: Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 08/57269-3 - The dilemma of not communicability, AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 11/22495-6 - NEWSCLUSTER: Newsmaking in the Twittersphere, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

This research project intends to develop a theoretical model for emerging networks in digital environments, such as the blogosphere or the twitterverse, which are referred as a historical outcome of the public opinion. The model is based upon the clustering of messages and users within the digital media matrix - a network scaling that will be addressed by the main purpose of this research: the concept of netclustering. The research will use the microblogging service Twitter as a emerging network to test the model. This hypothesis of research requires a massive gathering of data (which is already on course) and extended computational analysis performed by the software MATLAB. The results will provide a simulated model that should converge to the theoretical model hereby designed.

Scientific publications

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BASTOS, MARCO T.; MERCEA, DAN; CHARPENTIER, ARTHUR. Tents, Tweets, and Events: The Interplay Between Ongoing Protests and Social Media. JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION, v. 65, n. 2, p. 320-350, APR 2015. (11/22495-6, 10/06243-4)

BASTOS, MARCO TOLEDO; ZAGO, GABRIELA. Tweeting News Articles: Readership and News Sections in Europe and the Americas. SAGE OPEN, v. 3, n. 3, p. 18-pg., 2013-07-01. (10/06243-4, 11/22495-6)

BASTOS, MARCO TOLEDO. Shares, Pins, and Tweets News readership from daily papers to social media. JOURNALISM STUDIES, v. 16, n. 3, p. 305-325, MAY 4 2015. (11/22495-6, 10/06243-4)