Communication Between Process and Structure: Modelling and Simulating Message Reference Networks with COM/TE

Thomas Malsch (), Christoph Schlieder (), Peter Kiefer (), Maren Lübcke (), Rasco Perschke (), Marco Schmitt () and Klaus Stein ()
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Thomas Malsch: http://www.tu-harburg.de/tbg
Christoph Schlieder: http://www.uni-bamberg.de/kinf/
Peter Kiefer: https://n.ethz.ch/~pekiefer/
Maren Lübcke: http://www.tu-harburg.de/tbg/Deutsch/Mitarbeiterinnen/team-nav.htm
Rasco Perschke: http://www.tu-harburg.de/tbg/Deutsch/Mitarbeiterinnen/team-nav.htm
Marco Schmitt: http://www.tu-harburg.de/tbg/Deutsch/Mitarbeiterinnen/team-nav.htm

Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2007, vol. 10, issue 1, 9

Abstract: Focusing on observable message signs and referencing structures, communication processes can be described and analysed as message reference networks which are characterized by dynamic pattern evolution. Computational simulation provides a way of obtaining insights into the factors driving such processes. Our paper describes a theoretical framework for communication-oriented modelling — the COM approach — that is centred around the notion of social visibility as a reputation mechanism. The approach contrasts with agent-based social networks on the one hand, and with bibliometric document networks on the other. In introducing our simulation environment COM/TE, typical properties of message reference networks are discussed in terms of a case study which deals with the impact of different media and styles of communication on emergent patterns of social visibility.

Keywords: Communication; Communication-Oriented Modelling; Message Sign; Dynamic Networks; Bottom-up Approach; Temporality; Social Visibility; Reputation; Socionics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-01-31
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