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Social Semantic Web
and its applications
Maciej Dabrowski
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WHY?
SOCIAL NETWORKS
ARE AN IMPORTANT
ELEMENT OF OUR
CULTURE	

what?
How?
16 HOURS OVER 4 DAYS	

THEORY AND PRACTICE	

INTERACTIVE	

SOCIAL NETWORKS	

SEMANTIC WEB
GOAL
“I AM
COMFORTABLE
WITHTHE	

SOCIAL SEMANTIC WEB”
Day 1: introduction to semantic web
and social networks (a.k.a. theory)
SESSION 1.1: INTRODUCTION
TO SOCIAL NETWORKS	

	

SESSION 1.2: BASIC CONCEPTS
BEHIND SEMANTIC WEB	

Agenda
Agenda
Day 2: social semantic web: applications and practices
SESSION 2.1:APPLICATIONS OF 	

THE SOCIAL SEMANTIC WEB	

	

SESSION 2.2: TECHNOLOGIES FOR 	

THE SOCIAL SEMANTIC WEB
Agenda
Day 3: CHALLENGES AND future of THE
SOCIAL SEMANTIC WEB
SESSION 3.1: MULTI-	

DISCIPLINARY ASPECTS OF 	

THE SOCIAL SEMANTIC WEB	

SESSION 3.2: PROJECT WORK	

Day 4: PROJECT WORK
SESSION 4.1: RESULTS	

	

http://www.leadingmenonly.com/wp-content/uploads/image/StopThinking.jpg
Schedule
Session 1.1	

 	

6 May 	

(MON)	

FA-1D 	

11 -13	

Session 1.2	

 	

6 May 	

(MON)	

FA-2B 	

15 -17	

Session 2.1	

 	

7 May 	

(TUE) 	

FA-0A 	

11 -13	

Session 2.2	

 	

7 May 	

(TUE) 	

FA-2B 	

15 -17	

Session 3.1	

 	

8 May 	

(WED) 	

FA-2A 	

09 -11	

Session 3.2	

 	

8 May 	

(WED) 	

FA-2E 	

15 -17	

Session 4.1	

 	

9 May 	

(THU) 	

FA-2E 	

09 -13
Why?
THE SOCIAL WEB IS
EXPLODING	

image from tinyurl.com/nuketest
The world is connected
http://gigaom.com/2010/12/14/facebook-draws-a-map-of-the-connected-world/
What is social media?
Uses the ‘wisdom of crowds’ to connect
information in a collaborative manner.	

	

Can take many different forms, including
message boards, weblogs, wikis,
podcasts, pictures and video.	

	

	

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
“UGC domination changes
everything. For the first time since
Guttenberg, the primary medium of
mass information is controlled
by ... the masses.”
Bob Brisco, CEO, Internet Brands	

tinyurl.com/briscougc
user generated content*
61% = social networks	

11% = forums	

11% = UG content sites, e.g. urbandictionary.com	

10% = UG marketplaces, e.g. craigslist.org	

03% = blogs	

01% = UG reviews, e.g. apartmentratings.com	

01% = wikis	

02% = other	

	

	

*Stats from 2009
EVERY MINUTE
47,000 	

APPS ARE
DOWN-
LOADED
FROM
THE APP
STORE	

	

3,600 	

PHOTOS
ARE
SHARED
ON
INSTAGRAM	

	

	

571 	

WEBSITES
ARE
CREATED	

	

$272,000	

IS SPENT BY
CONSUMERS
ONLINE	

	

http://thesocialskinny.com/216-social-media-and-internet-statistics-september-2012/
EVERY MINUTE
100,000 	

TWEETS ARE
SENT	

	

684,478	

PIECES OF
CONTENT	

ARE SHARED
ON
FACEBOOK	

	

	

2,000,000	

SEARCH
QUERIES MADE
ON GOOGLE	

	

48 HOURS	

OFVIDEO ARE
UPLOADED ON
YOUTUBE	

	

100 	

LINKED IN	

ACCOUNTS	

ARE CREATED	

http://thesocialskinny.com/216-social-media-and-internet-statistics-september-2012/
SOCIAL MEDIA STATS
http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/infographic-social-media-statistics-for-2013/
SOCIAL MEDIA STATS
http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/infographic-social-media-statistics-for-2013/
SOCIAL MEDIA STATS
http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/infographic-social-media-statistics-for-2013/
The sad news
24% OF PEOPLE 	

HAVE MISSED WITNESSING
IMPORTANT MOMENTS BECAUSE
THEY ARETOO BUSYTRYINGTO
WRITE ABOUTTHEM ON SOCIAL
NETWORKS	

http://thesocialskinny.com/216-social-media-and-internet-statistics-september-2012/
THE sad news
40% OF PEOPLE 	

SPEND MORETIME SOCIALIZING
ONLINETHANTHEY DO FACE-TO-FACE	

40% ACCOUNTS AND	

8% MESSAGES ON SOCIAL SITES 	

ARE SPAM	

http://thesocialskinny.com/216-social-media-and-internet-statistics-september-2012/
leaders
1	

 2	

 3
Some go Up some go down
Fall in the past
Introduction to the Social Web and its applications
seven social networks To watch in 2013
PHEED: SELLYOUR PHOTOS	

THUMB: PERSONAL CROWDSOURCING	

MEDIUM: INVITE ONLY!	

CONVERSATIONS: ENTERPRISE SOCIAL NET	

CHIRPIFY: BUY WITH ONETWEET	

FLAYVR: PICTURE SHARING	

CHIRP: SHARING CONTENT USING SOUND	

	

http://blog.hootsuite.com/7-social-networks-watch-2013/
My PERSONAL pick
APP.NET	

•  AD-FREE	

•  “BUILDYOUR OWN CLIENT“	

•  CONTROLYOUR DATA	

•  PAYTO GET IT
Is there a limit to growth?
	

WIKIPEDIA HAS PEAKED	

	

FACEBOOK HAS PEAKED?	

	

WHAT ABOUT NOVELTY ELEMENT?
facebook
In the last month, the world's largest social
network has lost 6m US visitors, a 4% fall,
according to analysis firm SocialBakers. In the UK,
1.4m fewer users checked in last month, a fall of
4.5%.The declines are sustained. In the last six
months, Facebook has lost nearly 9m monthly
visitors in the US and 2m in the UK.	

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/apr/28/facebook-loses-users-biggest-markets
Best deal in the history of the social web
WHY?
•  USER GROWTH
•  MOBILE
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/05/02/instagram-deal-is-looking-better-and-better/
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/facebook-buys-instagram-for-1-billion/
CATS…
Phenomenon of viral videos
Source http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0
How does this happen?
USERS ARE CONNECTEDVIA A COMMON
OBJECT:THEIR JOB, UNIVERSITY, HOBBIES,
INTERESTS,A DATE…	

	

“ACCORDING TO THIS THEORY, PEOPLE DON’T JUST
CONNECT TO EACH OTHER.THEY CONNECT
THROUGH A SHARED OBJECT. […]GOOD SERVICES
ALLOW PEOPLE TO CREATE SOCIAL OBJECTS THAT
ADD VALUE.” – JYRI ENGESTROM
It’s the social objects we create…
DISCUSSIONS	

BOOKMARKS	

ANNOTATIONS	

PROFILES	

MICROBLOGS	

MULTIMEDIA	

REF TO JOHNS SLIDES
…that connect us
to other people
Source http://www.slideshare.net/Cloud/another-social-semantic-web
sound vs. twitter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UFsJhYBxzY
Science behind it
EARTHQUAKE SHAKESTWITTER USERS:
REAL-TIME EVENT DETECTION BY SOCIAL
SENSORS. SAKAKI ET AL. WWW2010
Twitter and US elections
A MOVE FROM THE WEB TO A “SOCIAL WEB”
THE NEWYORKER, 1993	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

“ON THE INTERNET, NOBODY KNOWS
YOU’RE A DOG.”	

THE NEWYORKER, 2005	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

“I HAD MY OWN BLOG FOR A WHILE,
BUT I DECIDED TO GO BACK TO JUST
POINTLESS, INCESSANT BARKING.”
Arab spring
“THE PATTERN OF
SPREAD OFTHE
REVOLUTIONS WAS
NOT RELATEDTOTHE
PATTERN OF SOCIAL
MEDIA USAGE.”	

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/10/debate-flares-over-impact-of-social-media-on-arab-spring-and-other-revolutions/
What is (was!) Web 2.0?
SECOND GENERATION OF WEB-BASED
COMMUNITIES AND HOSTED SERVICES
SUCH AS SOCIAL-NETWORKING SITES,
WIKIS AND FOLKSONOMIES,WHICH
AIMTO FACILITATE COLLABORATION
AND SHARING BETWEEN USERS
Features / principles of Web 2.0 (O’Reilly)
1.  THE WEB AS PLATFORM	

2.  HARNESSING COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE	

3.  DATA ISTHE NEXT “INTEL INSIDE”	

4.  END OFTHE SOFTWARE RELEASE CYCLE	

5.  LIGHTWEIGHT PROGRAMMING MODELS	

6.  SOFTWARE ABOVETHE LEVEL OF A SINGLE
DEVICE	

7.  RICH USER EXPERIENCES 	

	

+THE LONGTAIL
Content can be…
BOOKS	

 	

 	

 	

 	

 	

 	

AMAZON	

OPINIONS 	

 	

 	

 	

 	

BLOGS	

BOOKMARKS 	

 	

 	

 	

DEL.ICIO.US	

PHOTOS 	

 	

 	

 	

 	

 	

FLICKR	

MUSIC 	

 	

 	

 	

 	

 	

 	

LAST.FM	

EVENTS 	

 	

 	

 	

 	

 	

PLANCAST	

PLACES	

 	

 	

 	

 	

 	

 	

FOURSQUARE	

ARTICLES	

 	

 	

 	

 	

 	

WIKIPEDIA
Blogging: a phenomenon for a new generation?
	

Cincinnati Enquirer
Overview of blogs
WEBLOG,WEB LOG OR SIMPLY
A BLOG IS A WEB JOURNAL	

	

“A WEB APPLICATION WHICH
CONTAINS PERIODIC TIME-
STAMPED POSTS ON A COMMON
(USUALLY OPEN-ACCESS)
WEBPAGE”
BLOGS
DRAW COMMENTS AND
OPINIONS FROMTHE PUBLIC
THROUGH OPEN ACCESS	

	

SYNDICATED USING RSS OR
ATOM FORMATS (E.G. FOR
READING FAVOURITE BLOGS
WITH A FEED READER)
The state of the blogosphere from BlogPulse
(6 April 2011)
TOTAL IDENTIFIED BLOGS: 159,297,624	

NEW BLOGS IN LAST 24 HOURS: 68,825	

BLOG POSTS IN LAST 24 HOURS: 1,150,448
ATYPE OF WEBSITETHAT ALLOWS USERSTO
EASILY ADD AND EDIT CONTENT AND IS
ESPECIALLY SUITED FOR COLLABORATIVE
WRITING/WORK	

	

THE NAME IS BASED ONTHE HAWAIIAN
TERM WIKI-WIKI, MEANING “QUICK”,“FAST”,
OR “TO HASTEN”	

	

WIkI
Some uses of wikis
WIKIS ARE BEING USED FOR:	

ONLINE ENCYCLOPAEDIAS	

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT	

WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS	

FREE DICTIONARIES	

BOOK REPOSITORIES	

PROJECT PROPOSALS	

EVENT ORGANISATION
The Wikipedia: from Irish to Esperanto
Microblogging
BETWEEN BLOGGING & IM	

SHORT MESSAGES	

MULTIPLE DEVICES	

CLOSETO REAL-TIME	

	

	

140 CHARS MAXIMUM	

MOST POPULAR PLATFORM
YOU CAN DO AMAZING THINGS WITH SN
What are social networking services (SNSs)?
FROMTHE BEGINNING,THE INTERNET
WAS A MEDIUM FOR CONNECTING
NOT ONLY MACHINES BUT PEOPLE	

	

MAKETHE REAL-WORLD
RELATIONSHIPS EXPLICITLY DEFINED
ONLINE
Motivation for social network services
ALLOW A USERTO CREATE AND
MAINTAIN AN ONLINE NETWORK OF
CLOSE FRIENDS OR BUSINESS ASSOCIATES
FOR SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL
REASONS, SUCH AS FRIENDSHIPS AND
RELATIONSHIPS, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
OR JOB HUNTING.
Features of social network services
NETWORK OF FRIENDS (INNER CIRCLE)	

SOCIAL NEWS FEEDS	

PERSON SURFING	

PRIVATE MESSAGING	

DISCUSSION FORUMS	

EVENTS MANAGEMENT	

POSTING AND COMMENTING	

MEDIA UPLOADING
SHARE YOUR INTEREST
share your photos
SHARE YOUR PRESENTATIONS
SHARE YOUR bookmarkS
SHARE what you HAVE read today
Introduction to the Social Web and its applications
… FIND PUBLICATIONS OF YOUR PEERS
FIND COLLABORATORS AND OTHER RESEARCHERS
LINK TO PEOPLE YOU RUN WITH
FIND FRIENDS WITH SIMILAR musical interests
Elgg, social networking for education
Other niche SNSs
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: SILICON INDIA	

GENDER: CAFÉMOM; SISTER WOMAN	

OCCUPATION: MODELSHOTEL; FANLIB
(FICTION WRITERS); MILITARYSPOT (MILITARY
FAMILIES); 	

AGE: MULTIPLY (SENIORS); XING	

BUSINESS AND CAREERS: CONNECTBUZZ;
INTERESTS: PEERTRAINER (HEALTH AND
WELLBEING)	

	

	

 * Source: Paul Gibler, Wisconsin Technology Network
pay to use
Social websites are like data silos
image from pidgintech.com
ANYBODY 	

IS CONNECTEDTO 	

EVERYBODY ELSE 	

BY NO MORETHAN 	

SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION
(ON AVERAGE)
Milgram’s six degrees of separation theory
RANDOM PEOPLE FROM
NEBRASKA WERETO SEND
A LETTERTO A STOCK
BROKER IN BOSTON	

THEY COULD ONLY GIVE IT
TO FRIENDS WITH WHOM
THEY WERE ON A FIRST-
NAME BASIS 	

	

	

STANLEY MILGRAM (1933-1984)
Six Degrees of Separation
“I READ SOMEWHERETHAT EVERYBODY
ONTHIS PLANET IS SEPARATED BY ONLY
SIX OTHER PEOPLE.THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES,A GONDOLIER IN
VENICE, JUST FILL INTHE NAMES… IT’S
ANYONE.A NATIVE IN A RAIN FOREST,A
TIERO DEL FUEGAN,AN ESKIMO.”	

PLAY FROM 1990 BY JOHN GUARE
The Erdős number
NUMBER OF LINKS REQUIREDTO
CONNECT SCHOLARSTO ERDŐS
VIA CO-AUTHORSHIP OF PAPERS	

	

ERDŐS WROTE 1500+ PAPERS
WITH 507 CO-AUTHORS	

	

AMONG MATHEMATICIANS ONLY
THE AVG IS 4.65,THE MAX IS 13	

PAUL ERDŐS (1913-1996)	

http://www.oakland.edu/enp/
Six degrees of kevin bacon
CONNECT ANY ACTORTO
KEVIN BACON, BY LINKING
ACTORS WHO HAVE ACTED IN
THE SAME MOVIE	

KEVIN BACON	

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon	

HTTP://ORACLEOFBACON.ORG/
Introduction to the Social Web and its applications
IS IT THAT SURPISING?
IFYOU HAVE 100 FRIENDS AND EACH
OFTHEM HAS 100 DISTINCT FRIENDS	

YOU CAN REACH:	

1)  100 DIRECTLY	

2)  100 X 100 = 	

10,000 IN 2 STEPS	

3)  10,000,000,000 IN 5 STEPS
NETWORK STRUCTURE
DUNBAR’S NUMBER
SUGGESTED
COGNITIVE LIMITTO
THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WITH WHOM
ONE CAN MAINTAIN
STABLE SOCIAL
RELATIONSHIPS.	

150	

100TO 230
summary
1.  SN PART OF OUR CULTURE	

2.  VERY HIGH USAGE WITH 	

3.  HUGE AMOUNT OF CONTENT CREATED	

4.  DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS	

5.  CAN BRING A LOT OFVALUETOYOU
COMING UP NEXT: SOCIAL SEMANTIC WEB

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Introduction to the Social Web and its applications

  • 1. Social Semantic Web and its applications Maciej Dabrowski
  • 2. About me MACIEJ DABROWSKI! maciej.dabrowski@deri.org! lecturerAt co-PI contact co-PI worksWith researcherAt graduated name
  • 3. WHY? SOCIAL NETWORKS ARE AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF OUR CULTURE what? How? 16 HOURS OVER 4 DAYS THEORY AND PRACTICE INTERACTIVE SOCIAL NETWORKS SEMANTIC WEB
  • 5. Day 1: introduction to semantic web and social networks (a.k.a. theory) SESSION 1.1: INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL NETWORKS SESSION 1.2: BASIC CONCEPTS BEHIND SEMANTIC WEB Agenda
  • 6. Agenda Day 2: social semantic web: applications and practices SESSION 2.1:APPLICATIONS OF THE SOCIAL SEMANTIC WEB SESSION 2.2: TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE SOCIAL SEMANTIC WEB
  • 7. Agenda Day 3: CHALLENGES AND future of THE SOCIAL SEMANTIC WEB SESSION 3.1: MULTI- DISCIPLINARY ASPECTS OF THE SOCIAL SEMANTIC WEB SESSION 3.2: PROJECT WORK Day 4: PROJECT WORK SESSION 4.1: RESULTS http://www.leadingmenonly.com/wp-content/uploads/image/StopThinking.jpg
  • 8. Schedule Session 1.1 6 May (MON) FA-1D 11 -13 Session 1.2 6 May (MON) FA-2B 15 -17 Session 2.1 7 May (TUE) FA-0A 11 -13 Session 2.2 7 May (TUE) FA-2B 15 -17 Session 3.1 8 May (WED) FA-2A 09 -11 Session 3.2 8 May (WED) FA-2E 15 -17 Session 4.1 9 May (THU) FA-2E 09 -13
  • 9. Why? THE SOCIAL WEB IS EXPLODING image from tinyurl.com/nuketest
  • 10. The world is connected http://gigaom.com/2010/12/14/facebook-draws-a-map-of-the-connected-world/
  • 11. What is social media? Uses the ‘wisdom of crowds’ to connect information in a collaborative manner. Can take many different forms, including message boards, weblogs, wikis, podcasts, pictures and video. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
  • 12. “UGC domination changes everything. For the first time since Guttenberg, the primary medium of mass information is controlled by ... the masses.” Bob Brisco, CEO, Internet Brands tinyurl.com/briscougc
  • 13. user generated content* 61% = social networks 11% = forums 11% = UG content sites, e.g. urbandictionary.com 10% = UG marketplaces, e.g. craigslist.org 03% = blogs 01% = UG reviews, e.g. apartmentratings.com 01% = wikis 02% = other *Stats from 2009
  • 14. EVERY MINUTE 47,000 APPS ARE DOWN- LOADED FROM THE APP STORE 3,600 PHOTOS ARE SHARED ON INSTAGRAM 571 WEBSITES ARE CREATED $272,000 IS SPENT BY CONSUMERS ONLINE http://thesocialskinny.com/216-social-media-and-internet-statistics-september-2012/
  • 15. EVERY MINUTE 100,000 TWEETS ARE SENT 684,478 PIECES OF CONTENT ARE SHARED ON FACEBOOK 2,000,000 SEARCH QUERIES MADE ON GOOGLE 48 HOURS OFVIDEO ARE UPLOADED ON YOUTUBE 100 LINKED IN ACCOUNTS ARE CREATED http://thesocialskinny.com/216-social-media-and-internet-statistics-september-2012/
  • 19. The sad news 24% OF PEOPLE HAVE MISSED WITNESSING IMPORTANT MOMENTS BECAUSE THEY ARETOO BUSYTRYINGTO WRITE ABOUTTHEM ON SOCIAL NETWORKS http://thesocialskinny.com/216-social-media-and-internet-statistics-september-2012/
  • 20. THE sad news 40% OF PEOPLE SPEND MORETIME SOCIALIZING ONLINETHANTHEY DO FACE-TO-FACE 40% ACCOUNTS AND 8% MESSAGES ON SOCIAL SITES ARE SPAM http://thesocialskinny.com/216-social-media-and-internet-statistics-september-2012/
  • 22. Some go Up some go down
  • 23. Fall in the past
  • 25. seven social networks To watch in 2013 PHEED: SELLYOUR PHOTOS THUMB: PERSONAL CROWDSOURCING MEDIUM: INVITE ONLY! CONVERSATIONS: ENTERPRISE SOCIAL NET CHIRPIFY: BUY WITH ONETWEET FLAYVR: PICTURE SHARING CHIRP: SHARING CONTENT USING SOUND http://blog.hootsuite.com/7-social-networks-watch-2013/
  • 26. My PERSONAL pick APP.NET •  AD-FREE •  “BUILDYOUR OWN CLIENT“ •  CONTROLYOUR DATA •  PAYTO GET IT
  • 27. Is there a limit to growth? WIKIPEDIA HAS PEAKED FACEBOOK HAS PEAKED? WHAT ABOUT NOVELTY ELEMENT?
  • 28. facebook In the last month, the world's largest social network has lost 6m US visitors, a 4% fall, according to analysis firm SocialBakers. In the UK, 1.4m fewer users checked in last month, a fall of 4.5%.The declines are sustained. In the last six months, Facebook has lost nearly 9m monthly visitors in the US and 2m in the UK. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/apr/28/facebook-loses-users-biggest-markets
  • 29. Best deal in the history of the social web WHY? •  USER GROWTH •  MOBILE http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/05/02/instagram-deal-is-looking-better-and-better/ http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/facebook-buys-instagram-for-1-billion/
  • 31. Phenomenon of viral videos Source http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0
  • 32. How does this happen? USERS ARE CONNECTEDVIA A COMMON OBJECT:THEIR JOB, UNIVERSITY, HOBBIES, INTERESTS,A DATE… “ACCORDING TO THIS THEORY, PEOPLE DON’T JUST CONNECT TO EACH OTHER.THEY CONNECT THROUGH A SHARED OBJECT. […]GOOD SERVICES ALLOW PEOPLE TO CREATE SOCIAL OBJECTS THAT ADD VALUE.” – JYRI ENGESTROM
  • 33. It’s the social objects we create… DISCUSSIONS BOOKMARKS ANNOTATIONS PROFILES MICROBLOGS MULTIMEDIA REF TO JOHNS SLIDES
  • 34. …that connect us to other people Source http://www.slideshare.net/Cloud/another-social-semantic-web
  • 36. Science behind it EARTHQUAKE SHAKESTWITTER USERS: REAL-TIME EVENT DETECTION BY SOCIAL SENSORS. SAKAKI ET AL. WWW2010
  • 37. Twitter and US elections
  • 38. A MOVE FROM THE WEB TO A “SOCIAL WEB” THE NEWYORKER, 1993 “ON THE INTERNET, NOBODY KNOWS YOU’RE A DOG.” THE NEWYORKER, 2005 “I HAD MY OWN BLOG FOR A WHILE, BUT I DECIDED TO GO BACK TO JUST POINTLESS, INCESSANT BARKING.”
  • 39. Arab spring “THE PATTERN OF SPREAD OFTHE REVOLUTIONS WAS NOT RELATEDTOTHE PATTERN OF SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE.” http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/10/debate-flares-over-impact-of-social-media-on-arab-spring-and-other-revolutions/
  • 40. What is (was!) Web 2.0? SECOND GENERATION OF WEB-BASED COMMUNITIES AND HOSTED SERVICES SUCH AS SOCIAL-NETWORKING SITES, WIKIS AND FOLKSONOMIES,WHICH AIMTO FACILITATE COLLABORATION AND SHARING BETWEEN USERS
  • 41. Features / principles of Web 2.0 (O’Reilly) 1.  THE WEB AS PLATFORM 2.  HARNESSING COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE 3.  DATA ISTHE NEXT “INTEL INSIDE” 4.  END OFTHE SOFTWARE RELEASE CYCLE 5.  LIGHTWEIGHT PROGRAMMING MODELS 6.  SOFTWARE ABOVETHE LEVEL OF A SINGLE DEVICE 7.  RICH USER EXPERIENCES +THE LONGTAIL
  • 42. Content can be… BOOKS AMAZON OPINIONS BLOGS BOOKMARKS DEL.ICIO.US PHOTOS FLICKR MUSIC LAST.FM EVENTS PLANCAST PLACES FOURSQUARE ARTICLES WIKIPEDIA
  • 43. Blogging: a phenomenon for a new generation? Cincinnati Enquirer
  • 44. Overview of blogs WEBLOG,WEB LOG OR SIMPLY A BLOG IS A WEB JOURNAL “A WEB APPLICATION WHICH CONTAINS PERIODIC TIME- STAMPED POSTS ON A COMMON (USUALLY OPEN-ACCESS) WEBPAGE”
  • 45. BLOGS DRAW COMMENTS AND OPINIONS FROMTHE PUBLIC THROUGH OPEN ACCESS SYNDICATED USING RSS OR ATOM FORMATS (E.G. FOR READING FAVOURITE BLOGS WITH A FEED READER)
  • 46. The state of the blogosphere from BlogPulse (6 April 2011) TOTAL IDENTIFIED BLOGS: 159,297,624 NEW BLOGS IN LAST 24 HOURS: 68,825 BLOG POSTS IN LAST 24 HOURS: 1,150,448
  • 47. ATYPE OF WEBSITETHAT ALLOWS USERSTO EASILY ADD AND EDIT CONTENT AND IS ESPECIALLY SUITED FOR COLLABORATIVE WRITING/WORK THE NAME IS BASED ONTHE HAWAIIAN TERM WIKI-WIKI, MEANING “QUICK”,“FAST”, OR “TO HASTEN” WIkI
  • 48. Some uses of wikis WIKIS ARE BEING USED FOR: ONLINE ENCYCLOPAEDIAS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS FREE DICTIONARIES BOOK REPOSITORIES PROJECT PROPOSALS EVENT ORGANISATION
  • 49. The Wikipedia: from Irish to Esperanto
  • 50. Microblogging BETWEEN BLOGGING & IM SHORT MESSAGES MULTIPLE DEVICES CLOSETO REAL-TIME 140 CHARS MAXIMUM MOST POPULAR PLATFORM
  • 51. YOU CAN DO AMAZING THINGS WITH SN
  • 52. What are social networking services (SNSs)? FROMTHE BEGINNING,THE INTERNET WAS A MEDIUM FOR CONNECTING NOT ONLY MACHINES BUT PEOPLE MAKETHE REAL-WORLD RELATIONSHIPS EXPLICITLY DEFINED ONLINE
  • 53. Motivation for social network services ALLOW A USERTO CREATE AND MAINTAIN AN ONLINE NETWORK OF CLOSE FRIENDS OR BUSINESS ASSOCIATES FOR SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REASONS, SUCH AS FRIENDSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES OR JOB HUNTING.
  • 54. Features of social network services NETWORK OF FRIENDS (INNER CIRCLE) SOCIAL NEWS FEEDS PERSON SURFING PRIVATE MESSAGING DISCUSSION FORUMS EVENTS MANAGEMENT POSTING AND COMMENTING MEDIA UPLOADING
  • 59. SHARE what you HAVE read today
  • 61. … FIND PUBLICATIONS OF YOUR PEERS
  • 62. FIND COLLABORATORS AND OTHER RESEARCHERS
  • 63. LINK TO PEOPLE YOU RUN WITH
  • 64. FIND FRIENDS WITH SIMILAR musical interests
  • 65. Elgg, social networking for education
  • 66. Other niche SNSs COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: SILICON INDIA GENDER: CAFÉMOM; SISTER WOMAN OCCUPATION: MODELSHOTEL; FANLIB (FICTION WRITERS); MILITARYSPOT (MILITARY FAMILIES); AGE: MULTIPLY (SENIORS); XING BUSINESS AND CAREERS: CONNECTBUZZ; INTERESTS: PEERTRAINER (HEALTH AND WELLBEING) * Source: Paul Gibler, Wisconsin Technology Network
  • 68. Social websites are like data silos image from pidgintech.com
  • 69. ANYBODY IS CONNECTEDTO EVERYBODY ELSE BY NO MORETHAN SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION (ON AVERAGE)
  • 70. Milgram’s six degrees of separation theory RANDOM PEOPLE FROM NEBRASKA WERETO SEND A LETTERTO A STOCK BROKER IN BOSTON THEY COULD ONLY GIVE IT TO FRIENDS WITH WHOM THEY WERE ON A FIRST- NAME BASIS STANLEY MILGRAM (1933-1984)
  • 71. Six Degrees of Separation “I READ SOMEWHERETHAT EVERYBODY ONTHIS PLANET IS SEPARATED BY ONLY SIX OTHER PEOPLE.THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,A GONDOLIER IN VENICE, JUST FILL INTHE NAMES… IT’S ANYONE.A NATIVE IN A RAIN FOREST,A TIERO DEL FUEGAN,AN ESKIMO.” PLAY FROM 1990 BY JOHN GUARE
  • 72. The Erdős number NUMBER OF LINKS REQUIREDTO CONNECT SCHOLARSTO ERDŐS VIA CO-AUTHORSHIP OF PAPERS ERDŐS WROTE 1500+ PAPERS WITH 507 CO-AUTHORS AMONG MATHEMATICIANS ONLY THE AVG IS 4.65,THE MAX IS 13 PAUL ERDŐS (1913-1996) http://www.oakland.edu/enp/
  • 73. Six degrees of kevin bacon CONNECT ANY ACTORTO KEVIN BACON, BY LINKING ACTORS WHO HAVE ACTED IN THE SAME MOVIE KEVIN BACON http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon HTTP://ORACLEOFBACON.ORG/
  • 75. IS IT THAT SURPISING? IFYOU HAVE 100 FRIENDS AND EACH OFTHEM HAS 100 DISTINCT FRIENDS YOU CAN REACH: 1)  100 DIRECTLY 2)  100 X 100 = 10,000 IN 2 STEPS 3)  10,000,000,000 IN 5 STEPS
  • 77. DUNBAR’S NUMBER SUGGESTED COGNITIVE LIMITTO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH WHOM ONE CAN MAINTAIN STABLE SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS. 150 100TO 230
  • 78. summary 1.  SN PART OF OUR CULTURE 2.  VERY HIGH USAGE WITH 3.  HUGE AMOUNT OF CONTENT CREATED 4.  DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS 5.  CAN BRING A LOT OFVALUETOYOU
  • 79. COMING UP NEXT: SOCIAL SEMANTIC WEB

Editor's Notes

  • #4: 83% of people believe platforms like Twitter and Facebook help them make new friends25% of people believe social networks have boosted their confidence40% of people spend more time socializing online than they do face-to-face
  • #14: TODO: turn into circles with infographic
  • #15: THINK HOW MUCH DATA THIS IS! :)
  • #20: THINK HOW MUCH DATA THIS IS! :)
  • #30: 13 EMPLOYEES AND 30M IPHONE USERS101km ($1 bill)9990 tons ($100)$300m in $$ $700m in stock