Position vs. Attitude: How Topological Factors Influence Our Difference in the Attitudes on Online Interrelationships? A Case Study with Language Use

Bo Wang*, Yingjun Sun, Yuexian Hou, Dawei Song, Ruifang He

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Abstract

Though current researches of online collaboration often study the social relationship from an objective view, individuals’ subjective attitudes on their interrelationships are more important for collaboration. Inspired by sociolinguistic theories, the latest work indicates that individuals’ different attitudes on interrelationships can be measured by interactive language. However, it is still an open problem that what kind of factors influences our different attitudes on interrelationships. In this work, we investigate how individuals’ position i.e., the topological factors in social network influence the differences in our bidirectional attitudes on interrelationships. Measuring the attitudes with interactive language on Enron email dataset, we analyze the correlation between attitudes and the topological factors of email network. The results indicate that individuals’ differences in attitudes on interrelationships are related to some typical topological factors. These results inspire us to measure individuals’ attitude in online collaboration with their topological factors in social network.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCollaborative Computing
Subtitle of host publicationNetworking, Applications and Worksharing - 13th International Conference, CollaborateCom 2017, Proceedings
EditorsImed Romdhani, Lei Shu, Timothy Gordon, Hara Takahiro, Zhangbing Zhou, Deze Zeng
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages153-163
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783030009151
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event13th International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing, CollaborateCom 2017 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Duration: 11 Dec 201713 Dec 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
Volume252
ISSN (Print)1867-8211

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing, CollaborateCom 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityEdinburgh
Period11/12/1713/12/17

Keywords

  • Attitude
  • Interactive language
  • Interrelationship
  • Online collaboration
  • Social network topology

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