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_id: '13326'
abstract:
- lang: eng
text: Communication within online social network applications enables users to express
and share sentiments electronically. Existing studies examined the existence or
distribution of sentiments in online communication at a general level or in small-observed
groups. Our paper extends this research by analyzing sentiment exchange within
social networks from an ego-network perspective. We draw from research on social
influence and social attachment to develop theories of node polarization, balance
effects and sentiment mirroring within communication dyads. Our empirical analysis
covers a multitude of social networks in which the sentiment valence of all messages
was determined. Subsequently we studied ego-networks of focal actors (ego) and
their immediate contacts. Results support our theories and indicate that actors
develop polarized sentiments towards individual peers but keep sentiment in balance
on the ego-network level. Further, pairs of nodes tend to establish similar attitudes
towards each other leading to stable and polarized positive or negative relationships
author:
- first_name: Robert
full_name: Hillmann, Robert
last_name: Hillmann
- first_name: Matthias
full_name: Trier, Matthias
id: '72744'
last_name: Trier
citation:
ama: 'Hillmann R, Trier M. Sentiment Polarization and Balance among Users in Online
Social Networks. In: Joshi KD, Yoo Y, eds. AMCIS 2012 Proceedings. Vol
24. Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL); 2012.'
apa: Hillmann, R., & Trier, M. (2012). Sentiment Polarization and Balance among
Users in Online Social Networks. In K. D. Joshi & Y. Yoo (Eds.), AMCIS
2012 Proceedings (Vol. 24). Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic
Library (AISeL).
bibtex: '@inproceedings{Hillmann_Trier_2012, title={Sentiment Polarization and Balance
among Users in Online Social Networks}, volume={24}, booktitle={AMCIS 2012 Proceedings},
publisher={Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)},
author={Hillmann, Robert and Trier, Matthias}, editor={Joshi, K.D. and Yoo, YoungjinEditors},
year={2012} }'
chicago: Hillmann, Robert, and Matthias Trier. “Sentiment Polarization and Balance
among Users in Online Social Networks.” In AMCIS 2012 Proceedings, edited
by K.D. Joshi and Youngjin Yoo, Vol. 24. Association for Information Systems.
AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2012.
ieee: R. Hillmann and M. Trier, “Sentiment Polarization and Balance among Users
in Online Social Networks,” in AMCIS 2012 Proceedings, 2012, vol. 24.
mla: Hillmann, Robert, and Matthias Trier. “Sentiment Polarization and Balance among
Users in Online Social Networks.” AMCIS 2012 Proceedings, edited by K.D.
Joshi and Youngjin Yoo, vol. 24, Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic
Library (AISeL), 2012.
short: 'R. Hillmann, M. Trier, in: K.D. Joshi, Y. Yoo (Eds.), AMCIS 2012 Proceedings,
Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2012.'
date_created: 2019-09-19T12:22:08Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T06:51:33Z
department:
- _id: '198'
editor:
- first_name: K.D.
full_name: Joshi, K.D.
last_name: Joshi
- first_name: Youngjin
full_name: Yoo, Youngjin
last_name: Yoo
intvolume: ' 24'
keyword:
- Social Network Analysis
- Ego-Network Analysis
- Node Polarization
- Sentiment Dissemination
language:
- iso: eng
publication: AMCIS 2012 Proceedings
publisher: Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
status: public
title: Sentiment Polarization and Balance among Users in Online Social Networks
type: conference
user_id: '62809'
volume: 24
year: '2012'
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