Social Informatics
11th International Conference, SocInfo 2019, Doha, Qatar, November 18–21, 2019, Proceedings
Page
%P
-
Article
Open AccessUnveiling local patterns of child pornography consumption in France using Tor
Child pornography—better known as child sexual abuse material (CSAM)—represents a severe form of exploitation and victimization of children, leaving the victims with emotional and physical trauma. In this stud...
-
Chapter
New Migration Data: Challenges and Opportunities
Migration is hard to measure due to the complexity of the phenomenon and the limitations of traditional data sources. The Digital Revolution has brought opportunities in terms of new data and new methodologies...
-
Article
Open AccessEstimating community feedback effect on topic choice in social media with predictive modeling
Social media users post content on various topics. A defining feature of social media is that other users can provide feedback—called community feedback—to their content in the form of comments, replies, and r...
-
Article
Open AccessMap** socioeconomic indicators using social media advertising data
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a global consensus on the world’s most pressing challenges. They come with a set of 232 indicators against which countries should regularly monitor t...
-
Article
Open AccessPsychology and morality of political extremists: evidence from Twitter language analysis of alt-right and Antifa
The recent rise of the political extremism in Western countries has spurred renewed interest in the psychological and moral appeal of political extremism. Empirical support for the psychological explanation us...
-
Book and Conference Proceedings
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
Studying Migrant Assimilation Through Facebook Interests
Migrant assimilation is a major challenge for European societies, in part because of the sudden surge of refugees in recent years and in part because of long-term demographic trends. In this paper, we use Face...
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
Using Computer Vision to Study the Effects of BMI on Online Popularity and Weight-Based Homophily
Increasing prevalence of obesity has disconcerting implications for communities, for nations and, most importantly, for individuals in aspects ranging from quality of life, longevity and health, to social and ...
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
Estimating Group Properties in Online Social Networks with a Classifier
We consider the problem of obtaining unbiased estimates of group properties in social networks when using a classifier for node labels. Inference for this problem is complicated by two factors: the network is ...
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
Diversity in Online Advertising: A Case Study of 69 Brands on Social Media
Lack of diversity in advertising is a long-standing problem. Despite growing cultural awareness and missed business opportunities, many minorities remain under- or inappropriately represented in advertising. P...
-
Article
Open AccessKnowledge and perceptions about Zika virus in a Middle East country
Zika virus, an emerging serious infectious disease, is a threat to persons living or travelling to regions where it is currently endemic, and also to contacts of infected individuals. The aim of this study was...
-
Article
Open AccessErratum to: Implementing 360° Quantified Self for childhood obesity: feasibility study and experiences from a weight loss camp in Qatar
-
Article
Open AccessImplementing 360° Quantified Self for childhood obesity: feasibility study and experiences from a weight loss camp in Qatar
The explosion of consumer electronics and social media are facilitating the rise of the Quantified Self (QS) movement where millions of users are tracking various aspects of their daily life using social media...
-
Article
Open AccessWhom should we sense in “social sensing” - analyzing which users work best for social media now-casting
Given the ever increasing amount of publicly available social media data, there is growing interest in using online data to study and quantify phenomena in the offline “real” world. As social media data can be...
-
Article
Algorithms and criteria for diversification of news article comments
In this paper, we introduce an approach for diversifying user comments on news articles. We claim that, although content diversity suffices for the keyword search setting, as proven by existing work on search ...
-
Chapter
Is Twitter a Public Sphere for Online Conflicts? A Cross-Ideological and Cross-Hierarchical Look
The rise in popularity of Twitter has led to a debate on its impact on public opinions. The optimists foresee an increase in online participation and democratization due to social media’s personal and interact...
-
Chapter
From “I Love You Babe” to “Leave Me Alone” - Romantic Relationship Breakups on Twitter
We use public data from Twitter to study the breakups of the romantic relationships of 661 couples. Couples are identified through profile references such as @user1 writing “@user2 is the best boyfriend ever!!...
-
Chapter
International Gender Differences and Gaps in Online Social Networks
Article 1 of the United Nations Charter claims “human rights” and “fundamental freedoms” “without distinction as to [...] sex”. Yet in 1995 the Human Development Report came to the sobering conclusion that “in...
-
Chapter
U.S. Religious Landscape on Twitter
Religiosity is a powerful force sha** human societies, affecting domains as diverse as economic growth or the ability to cope with illness. As more religious leaders and organizations as well as believers st...
-
Chapter
The Social Name-Letter Effect on Online Social Networks
The Name-Letter Effect states that people have a preference for brands, places, and even jobs that start with the same letter as their own first name. So Sam might like Snickers and live in Seattle. We use soc...
