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maj 03, 2004
Politiska köpmönster på webben: Divided we stand - take III
Valdis Krebs, namnkunnig social nätverksanalyst, har tidigare skrivit om köpmönster vad gäller politiska böcker på Amazon, som visar klustring i vänster- respektive högerböcker (eller vilken dimension man nu vill se detta).
I den nya tredje analysen Political Patterns on the WWW: Divided We Stand... Less skrivs bland annat:
Many thought that Woodward's latest book, Plan of Attack would be read equally by pro and anti-Bush readers. The 'also bought' data does not support that theory. Woodward's book is being bought mostly by those reading left leaning books.
The big difference between this network map and the previous two are the number of books in the middle. The release of two popular middle books, colored purple, exposed a network of middle books. Ghost Wars reveals one group of middle books, while The Rise of the Vulcans reveals a second group. There are now more bridges from right to left [and back] than in the previous maps.
Yet, the division between left and right remains strong. Our network metrics, as well as the visuals, show two obvious clusters with high preference for homogeneous choices. Echo chambers of right and left thought still remain in America.
De två tidigare analyserna: Divided We Stand??? samt Divided We Stand... Still.
Läs gärna även The Social Life of Books Visualizing Communities of Interest via Purchase Patterns on the WWW.
Posted by hakank at maj 3, 2004 06:18 EM Posted to Social Network Analysis/Complex Networks