Studying online conversations in the Korean blogosphere: A network approach

2. What content-based features of online interactions help to uncover nodes and ties between online participants? Automated Discovery of Social Networks among Blog Readers/Commentators ?

3. ICTA - Online Tool for Social Network Discovery http://TextAnalytics.net

6. Sample blog post and comments

7. Automated Discovery of Social Networks Chain (reply-to) method Visualized by CMU ORA

8. Automated Discovery of Social Networks Name Network Approach FROM: Ann “ Steve and Natasha , I couldn't wait to see your site. I knew it was going to [be] awesome!” This approach looks for personal names in the content of the comments to identify social connections between online participants. Method Connect the sender to people mentioned in the message Connect people whose names co-occur in the same message(s) Discovered Tie(s) Ann -> Steve Ann -> Natasha Steve <-> Natasha

10. Network representation of blog comments

11. Semi-automated network evaluation 1 난 (I) 2 사진쟁이 (Photographer) 3 그래서 (and, so) 4 테츠 (Tetz) 5 방짜 (Bangzza) 6 댓글 (comment) 7 녹두 (Nokdu) 8 ㅋㅋ (  , : )) 9 좀 (a little, a bit) 10 사람 (people) Among 10 nodes, only 2 , 4 , 5 and 7 are NANEs or IDs of participants in the Bangzza blog 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 8 9 4