---
_id: '13322'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Previous research suggests the existence of sentiments in online social networks.
    In comparison to real life human interaction, in which sentiments have been shown
    to have an influence on human behaviour, it is not yet completely understood which
    mechanisms explain how sentiments influence users in online environments. We develop
    a theoretical framework that tries to bridge the gap between social influence
    theories that focus on offline interactions on one hand and online interaction
    in social networks on the other hand. We then test our hypothesis about the influence
    and dissemination of sentiments in a quantitative analysis that is based on retrieved
    textual messages of communication patterns in over 12000 online social networks.
    Our empirical results suggest a general influence of sentiments on node communication
    patterns that is evidenced by increased occurrences of subsequent messages that
    express the same sentiment polarization. We interpret these findings and suggest
    future research to advance our currently limited theories that assume perceived
    and generalized social influence to path-dependent social influence models that
    consider actual behaviour.
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. Influence and Dissemination Of Sentiments in Social Network
    Communication Patterns. In: <i>ECIS 2013 Proceedings</i>. Association for Information
    Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL); 2013.'
  apa: Hillmann, R., &#38; Trier, M. (2013). Influence and Dissemination Of Sentiments
    in Social Network Communication Patterns. In <i>ECIS 2013 Proceedings</i>. Association
    for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL).
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Hillmann_Trier_2013, title={Influence and Dissemination
    Of Sentiments in Social Network Communication Patterns}, booktitle={ECIS 2013
    Proceedings}, publisher={Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library
    (AISeL)}, author={Hillmann, Robert and Trier, Matthias}, year={2013} }'
  chicago: Hillmann, Robert, and Matthias Trier. “Influence and Dissemination Of Sentiments
    in Social Network Communication Patterns.” In <i>ECIS 2013 Proceedings</i>. Association
    for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2013.
  ieee: R. Hillmann and M. Trier, “Influence and Dissemination Of Sentiments in Social
    Network Communication Patterns,” in <i>ECIS 2013 Proceedings</i>, 2013.
  mla: Hillmann, Robert, and Matthias Trier. “Influence and Dissemination Of Sentiments
    in Social Network Communication Patterns.” <i>ECIS 2013 Proceedings</i>, Association
    for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2013.
  short: 'R. Hillmann, M. Trier, in: ECIS 2013 Proceedings, Association for Information
    Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2013.'
date_created: 2019-09-19T11:38:37Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T06:51:33Z
department:
- _id: '198'
keyword:
- Social Network Analysis
- Sentiment Analysis
- Communication Patterns
language:
- iso: eng
publication: ECIS 2013 Proceedings
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - '9783834924421'
publisher: Association for Information Systems. AIS Electronic Library (AISeL)
status: public
title: Influence and Dissemination Of Sentiments in Social Network Communication Patterns
type: conference
user_id: '62809'
year: '2013'
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