Analysis of MySpace user profiles

Luisa Massari ()
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Luisa Massari: University of Pavia

Information Systems Frontiers, 2010, vol. 12, issue 4, No 2, 367 pages

Abstract: Abstract Online social networks have attracted millions of users, who have integrated social network web sites into their daily life. Users participate to the changes and to the evolution of these sites because they are producers and reviewers of contents that help them to maintain the existing social relationships, make new friends, collaborate and enrich experiences. This paper presents a study of the characteristics of the users of MySpace web site, with the objective of studying relationships and interactions among users and deriving hints about their behavior. The analysis relies on data collected by monitoring the web site for 12 weeks. Typical user behaviors have been derived and classes of users characterized by different levels of participation to the social network have been identified. In particular, the analysis reveals that most of the users actively participate to the social network and specify many personal details. Social networks web sites allow access to such details; the sharing of information about users and their relationships can lead to non-ethic online activities, which threat the privacy and the security of users themselves.

Keywords: Online social networks; Workload characterization; User profiles (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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