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在线社交网络与基于登记册的社交网络的连通性与社区结构

Connectivity and Community Structure of Online and Register-based Social Networks

Márton Menyhért, Eszter Bokányi, Rense Corten, Eelke M. Heemskerk, Yuliia Kazmina, Frank W. Takes

AI总结:

本文比较荷兰在线社交网络Hyves与基于登记册的社交网络,发现二者连通性在邻近市镇间高度相似,且社区结构均不遵循行政边界,而是围绕大都市或历史宗教文化社区形成,表明两类网络对理解人口社交结构均具价值。

摘要:

在线社交媒体数据作为人口规模社交网络研究的主要来源,其主导地位最近受到了由政府部门整理的登记册数据所构建网络的挑战。在本文中,我们研究这两种网络如何比较,重点关注荷兰在线社交网络(OSN)Hyves 和荷兰基于登记册的社交网络(RSN)的聚合。首先,我们发现这两个人口规模网络的连通性惊人地相似,尤其是在邻近市镇之间,而 OSN 捕获了更多的长距离联系。在控制人口密度和地理距离后,这一结果仍然成立,尽管这两个模式似乎是连通性的主要驱动因素。其次,我们表明,两种网络的社区结构都不遵循严格的行政地理划分(例如省份)。相反,社区似乎要么围绕大都市区形成,要么在该国城市化程度最高的地区之外,由相互依存的大块市镇组成。有趣的是,除了人口和距离相关的模式之外,社区还凸显了基于宗教的、根深蒂固的历史和社会文化社区的持续性。本研究的结果表明,在线社交网络和基于登记册的社交网络都是洞察整个人口社交网络结构的宝贵资源。

英文摘要:

The dominance of online social media data as a source of population-scale social network studies has recently been challenged by networks constructed from government-curated register data. In this paper, we investigate how the two compare, focusing on aggregations of the Dutch online social network (OSN) Hyves and a register-based social network (RSN) of the Netherlands. First and foremost, we find that the connectivity of the two population-scale networks is strikingly similar, especially between closeby municipalities, with more long-distance ties captured by the OSN. This result holds when correcting for population density and geographical distance, notwithstanding that these two patterns appear to be the main drivers of connectivity. Second, we show that the community structure of neither network follows strict administrative geographical delineations (e.g., provinces). Instead, communities appear to either center around large metropolitan areas or, outside of the country's most urbanized area, are comprised of large blocks of interdependent municipalities. Interestingly, beyond population and distance-related patterns, communities also highlight the persistence of deeply rooted historical and sociocultural communities based on religion. The results of this study suggest that both online social networks and register-based social networks are valuable resources for insights into the social network structure of an entire population.

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