Rumor diffusion in an interests-based dynamic social network.
To research rumor diffusion in social friend network, based on interests, a dynamic friend network is proposed, which has the characteristics of clustering and community, and a diffusion model is also proposed. With this friend network and rumor diffusion model, based on the zombie-city model, some simulation experiments to analyze the characteristics of rumor diffusion in social friend networks have been conducted. The results show some interesting observations: (1) positive information may evolve to become a rumor through the diffusion process that people may modify the information by word of mouth; (2) with the same average degree, a random social network has a smaller clustering coefficient and is more beneficial for rumor diffusion than the dynamic friend network; (3) a rumor is spread more widely in a social network with a smaller global clustering coefficient than in a social network with a larger global clustering coefficient; and (4) a network with a smaller clustering coefficient has a larger efficiency.
College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China.
Mingsheng
M
Tang
College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China.
Xinjun
X
Mao
LIP 6, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris, 75006 Paris, France.
Zahia
Z
Guessoum
College of Computer, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China.
Huiping
H
Zhou
D003142:Communication; D003198:Computer Simulation; D033062:Friends; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D061108:Social Media; D060756:Social Networking; D014705:Verbal Behavior