[Air-L] "how we met" FB research

[Nicole Ellison]

Hi Ali,

This isn't exactly what you are looking for, but a recent short paper at ICWSM (International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media) in Dublin used Facebook data to explore the "how we met each other" meme on Facebook, which some analysis of these trends. 

It is linked on Lada Adamic's site (http://www.ladamic.com/) as: How you met me. Lada A. Adamic, Thomas M. Lento, Andrew T. Fiore, ICWSM'12 short paper.

Abstract: A popular Facebook meme asks a user’s friends to recall
how they met that user and then to paste the same query
in their own status. We study the spread of this particular
meme, which engaged millions of Facebook users,
and the insights into relationship formation that the resulting
compilation of answers provides. We describe
the locations, relationships, and circumstances that contribute
to formations of friendships that are represented
on Facebook.


I'll take this opportunity to say I'm at ICWSM now, and have been very impressed with the quality of the papers (disclosure: I'm a co-chair) and its relevance for AOIR-ers. I encourage you all to look through the proceedings (online at http://www.aaai.org/Library/ICWSM/icwsm12contents.php) and consider this as a venue for your work. It will be in the US next year - venue TBD.

Nicole


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Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:59:14 +0100
From: "S. M. Ali Abbas" <m.ali.abbas at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 94, Issue 29
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Hi Natalie and others,
Thanks for your reply. I appreciate it. Natalie, the link you gave me 
isn't working, but I guess, you were trying to share this paper:

Lewis, K., Kaufman, J., Gonzalez, M., Wimmer, A., & Christakis, N. 
(2008). Tastes, ties, and time: A new social network dataset using 
Facebook.com. /Social Networks/, /30/(4), 330-342. 
doi:10.1016/j.socnet.2008.07.002

I already know about it, but thanks anyway. What I was looking for, for 
instance, how people have developed their links in Facebook feature by 
self-reporting (how X met with Y in real life). Some of this data of 
students has been mentioned in:

Mayer, A., & Puller, S. L. (2008). The old boy (and girl) network: 
social network formation on university campuses. /Journal of Public 
Economics/, /92/, 329-347.

If there are similar studies please share.

Currently I am exploring the Facebook project (thefacebookproject.com) 
to find relevant material.

Thanks!

Best Regards.

-- 
Ali Abbas
Doctoral Student at Centre for Policy Modelling
Manchester Metropolitan Business School
All Saints Campus
Oxford Road
Manchester
M15 6BH
http:www.cfpm.org/~ali