Visualizing Clashes and Alliances in Social Networks of Political Discussions

作     者：Rafael Lage Tavares Mariano Pimentel Renata Mendes de Araujo 

作者机构：Graduate Program in Information Systems UNIRIO Rio de Janeiro Brazil Center for Research and Innovation in CiberDemocracy CiberDem UNIRIO Rio de Janeiro Brazil Graduate Program in Information Systems UNIRIO Rio de Janeiro Brazil Research and Practice Group in Information Technology NP2Tec UNIRIO Rio de Janeiro Brazil Center for Research and Innovation in CiberDemocracy CiberDem UNIRIO Rio de Janeiro Brazil Graduate Program in Information Systems UNIRIO Rio de Janeiro Brazil Research and Practice Group in Information Technology NP2Tec UNIRIO Rio de Janeiro Brazil Center for Research and Innovation in CiberDemocracy CiberDem UNIRIO Rio de Janeiro Brazil 

出 版 物：《Social Networking》 (社交网络（英文）)

年 卷 期：2014年第3卷第2期

页      面：94-101页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Social Network Visualization Online Political Discussion Electronic Participation 

摘      要：Political discussions are characterized by conflicts of interest, and decisions are made based on negotiations. In general, participants need to reinforce their opinions and influence other participants. In this context, it is important to know how allies and opponents are positioned, in order to understand the discussion dynamics and plan adequate actions. This paper suggests the use of social network visualizations to explicit oppositions and alliances in order to support the understanding and following of political discussions. A system which supports these visualizations was built. An experiment performed to test the proposed visualizations showed to which extent they can be more efficient in identifying information about clashes and alliances than an online discussion system can.