Open AccessIssue Publics on the Web: Applying Network Theory to the War Blogosphere
Author(s) -
Tremayne Mark,
Zheng Nan,
Lee Jae Kook,
Jeong Jaekwan
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of computer‐mediated communication
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.15
H-Index - 119
ISSN - 1083-6101
DOI - 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2006.00326.x
Subject(s) - blogosphere , centrality , publics , key (lock) , political science , world wide web , media studies , sociology , computer science , computer security , the internet , law , politics , statistics , mathematics
This study had two primary objectives. The first was to examine the predictors of preferential attachment in the war blog network. A multiple regression analysis revealed use of links to blogs and original reporting content as significant predictors of incoming links. Second, the war blogosphere was mapped to reveal two distinct halves, the liberal and the conservative. Measures of network centrality identified key blogs, some of which served as conduits between the two spheres. Other differences between the sides were examined.