Homophily evolution in online networks: Who is a good friend and when?

Sofia Dokuka; Diliara Valeeva; Maria Yudkevich

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-52920-2_9

Homophily evolution in online networks: Who is a good friend and when?

Sofia Dokuka, Diliara Valeeva, Maria Yudkevich

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Abstract

Homophily is considered by network scientists as one of the major mechanisms of social network formation. However, the role of dynamic homophily in the network growth process has not been investigated in detail yet. In this paper, we estimate the role of homophily by various attributes at different stages of online network formation process. We consider the process of online friendship formation in the Vkontakte social networking site among first-year students at a Russian university. We reveal that at the beginning of the network formation a similarity in gender and score in entrance exams plays the key role, while by the end of network establishment period the role of the same group affiliation becomes more important. We explain the results with the tendency of students to follow different strategies to control the information flow in their social environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts - 5th International Conference, AIST 2016, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Natalia Loukachevitch, Alexander Panchenko, Konstantin Vorontsov, Valeri G. Labunets, Andrey V. Savchenko, Dmitry I. Ignatov, Sergey I. Nikolenko, Mikhail Yu. Khachay
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	91-99
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9783319529196
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52920-2_9
State	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	5th International Conference on Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts, AIST 2016 - Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation Duration: 7 Apr 2016 → 9 Apr 2016

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	661
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929

Conference

Conference	5th International Conference on Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts, AIST 2016
Country/Territory	Russian Federation
City	Yekaterinburg
Period	7/04/16 → 9/04/16

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Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017.

Keywords

Homophily
Network evolution
Network growth
Online networks
Student networks

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Computer Science
General Mathematics

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Dokuka, S., Valeeva, D., & Yudkevich, M. (2017). Homophily evolution in online networks: Who is a good friend and when? In N. Loukachevitch, A. Panchenko, K. Vorontsov, V. G. Labunets, A. V. Savchenko, D. I. Ignatov, S. I. Nikolenko, & M. Y. Khachay (Eds.), Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts - 5th International Conference, AIST 2016, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 91-99). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 661). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52920-2_9

Dokuka, Sofia ; Valeeva, Diliara ; Yudkevich, Maria. / Homophily evolution in online networks : Who is a good friend and when?. Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts - 5th International Conference, AIST 2016, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Natalia Loukachevitch ; Alexander Panchenko ; Konstantin Vorontsov ; Valeri G. Labunets ; Andrey V. Savchenko ; Dmitry I. Ignatov ; Sergey I. Nikolenko ; Mikhail Yu. Khachay. Springer Verlag, 2017. pp. 91-99 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Dokuka, S, Valeeva, D & Yudkevich, M 2017, Homophily evolution in online networks: Who is a good friend and when? in N Loukachevitch, A Panchenko, K Vorontsov, VG Labunets, AV Savchenko, DI Ignatov, SI Nikolenko & MY Khachay (eds), Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts - 5th International Conference, AIST 2016, Revised Selected Papers. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 661, Springer Verlag, pp. 91-99, 5th International Conference on Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts, AIST 2016, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation, 7/04/16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52920-2_9

Homophily evolution in online networks: Who is a good friend and when? / Dokuka, Sofia; Valeeva, Diliara; Yudkevich, Maria.
Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts - 5th International Conference, AIST 2016, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Natalia Loukachevitch; Alexander Panchenko; Konstantin Vorontsov; Valeri G. Labunets; Andrey V. Savchenko; Dmitry I. Ignatov; Sergey I. Nikolenko; Mikhail Yu. Khachay. Springer Verlag, 2017. p. 91-99 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 661).

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Dokuka S, Valeeva D, Yudkevich M. Homophily evolution in online networks: Who is a good friend and when? In Loukachevitch N, Panchenko A, Vorontsov K, Labunets VG, Savchenko AV, Ignatov DI, Nikolenko SI, Khachay MY, editors, Analysis of Images, Social Networks and Texts - 5th International Conference, AIST 2016, Revised Selected Papers. Springer Verlag. 2017. p. 91-99. (Communications in Computer and Information Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-52920-2_9

Homophily evolution in online networks: Who is a good friend and when?

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