Profiling, Tracking, and Monetizing: Analysis of Internet & Online Social Network Concerns

This research explores concerns facing Internet, specifically Online Social Network, users. The attacks we discuss can lead

to identity theft, biased and tailored website content delivery, geolocation threats, monetization, and an overall lack of privacy.

We introduce a profiling and tracking attack that correlates a user’s online persona that is captured from seemingly

innocuous website traffic (e.g., operating system, search engine, browser, time spent on website, etc.) with that of the...

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From: Software Engineering Institute | Carnegie Mellon University

Related topics : online social network websites / identity theft social networking

The Role of Trust in Brokerage Position Formation

Sofia Dokuka

Junior Research Fellow: Center for Institutional Studies / International Research Laboratory for Institutional Analysis of Economic Reforms

Maria Yudkevich

Laboratory Head: Center for Institutional Studies / International Research Laboratory for Institutional Analysis of Economic Reforms

The role of trust in student social networks

In sociological and economic literature trust is usually considered as an important component factor of the social life. In this study we explore the...

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From: AcademicsVideo

Related topics : students social network / social networking community / economic and social networking / analysis of social networking / social networking research

Marc Smith, Social Media Research Foundation NodeXL Project

Marc Smith, co-founder and director of the NodeXL project, explains social network analysis to students at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The UNO Social Media Lab and Social Media Metrics course collaborate on research projects.

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From: Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

Related topics : research social media / network analysis social media / social media metrics / social media courses / analysis social networks

Youniversity&VF employer branding new narrative- M.Sc.in PSSdesign final thesis video

This video is part of my final thesis "Business Model Innovation: Narratives building Business Logic. The social network case".

The whole work is divided into three parts: research (on Business Model and Social Network), analysis (longitudinal of Facebook, Twitter and google+ on different levels-logic, narratives, product), and project (the remodel of the Vodafone community Youniversity)

This video, part of the project, represents a possibile new narrative of Youniversity and VF Employer...

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From: maria chiara cacciani

Related topics : social network analysis business / analysis of social networking

Prof. Mike Thelwall: "Expressing and not Expressing Sentiment in Social Media"

This talk describes methods to detect sentiment strength in social web texts using the free software SentiStrength and describes its application to social science research problems through sentiment analysis of text in the social web. SentiStrength gives researchers a fast way to detect sentiment and therefore makes it possible to run large scale analyses of texts to detect patterns of sentiment changes over time and across different contexts. The talk describes an investigation into millions...

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From: Universität Göttingen

Related topics : sentiment analysis social network / social media software free / research social media / social media analysis free / social networking research

Unit 7

Intro to Algorithms - Social Network Analysis - Unit 7

LESSON 7

Review and Application

Interview with Peter Winker (Professor, Dartmouth College) on names and boxes problem and puzzles and algorithms.

Interview with Tina Eliassi-Rad (Professor, Rutgers University) on statistical measures in network and social networks in security and protests.

Additional interviews with Andrew Goldberg (Microsoft Research), Vukosi Marivate (Rutgers University) and Duncan Watts (Microsoft).

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From: Jigar Thakkar

Related topics : university social network analysis

Using Network Analysis to Evaluate Early Childhood Systems of Care

Join this webinar to learn about using social network analysis to better understand, leverage, and evaluate organizations collaborating together. SAMHSA’s (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) Project LAUNCH sites are pioneering new ways to promote young children’s wellness by funding states and tribes to expand the use of evidence-based practices, improve collaboration among child-serving organizations, and integrate physical and mental health services and supports...

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From: Center on Network Science

Related topics : analysis of social network data / analysis of social networking sites

BSS RINS Lecture 10.11.13: Social Network Theory & HIV

The Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences presents "Alcohol Use Among Populations at Greater Risk for HIV: Findings from China and Baltimore, MD," featuring Dr. Cui Yang (Johns Hopkins).

Dr. Yang's research is concerned with HIV risk behaviors and substance use, particularly with disadvantaged communities in both domestic and international settings. Her research activities have centered around three areas: 1) to utilize advanced statistical techniques to evaluate HIV prevention...

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From: BrownBSS

Related topics : social network analysis theory / analysis of social networking

Griffin Weber - SONIC Speaker Series

On Friday, December 2, from 2:15-3:30 p.m. Dr. Griffin M Weber will be giving a presentation in room 1-421 of Frances Searle Building on the Northwestern University Evanston Campus. The talk is entitled "Social Network Analysis Using Harvard Catalyst Profiles". Harvard Catalyst Profiles is an open source, ontology based, research networking software platform that creates research profiles for an institution's faculty, and links these together through both Passive Networks, which are...

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From: SonicNU

Related topics : social network analysis software open source / social networking platform open source

BIF 7: Valdis Krebs: Getting Technology and Sociology to Match

Valdis Krebs: Getting Technology and Sociology to Match

Valdis Krebs sees something brighter on the social media horizon. Krebs calls social networking websites "the landline of technology," and declares that they will soon wear out their usefulness. He has nothing against social networking websites. In fact, Krebs has been on twitter longer than 95.8 percent of all twitter users. Be intrigued by his theories while watching him map the BIF-7 community.

ABOUT VALDIS KREBS

Valdis is a...

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From: Business Innovation Factory

Related topics : inflow social network analysis software / social media networking websites / analysis social networks / social networking community / social networking research