Study on the social networks based on Japanese social events from name card data

Ling Tan, Shihan Wang, Takao Terano

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Abstract

In Japanese society, there is an important social culture, that is, people are used to exchange name cards when making initial introductions in social events. To understand social relations arising from this phenomenon, this paper constructs two social networks, an interpersonal and an inter-organizational network, based on social events from historical name card data. By using statistical techniques and visualization approaches, we analyze and compare the structural characteristics of the two social networks and their evolutions. Our work infers that big social event plays an important role in promoting the development of social network between people or organizations, and especially creating critical linkages in the organizational social network. This study provides a good potential for exploring social strategies to facilitate organizational cooperation in future.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 4th International Conference on Behavioral, Economic, and Socio-Cultural Computing, BESC 2017
EditorsYves Demazeau, Jianbo Gao, Guandong Xu, Jaroslaw Kozlak, Klaus Muller, Imran Razzak, Hao Chen, Yanhui Gu
PublisherIEEE
Pages1-5
Number of pages5
Volume2018-January
ISBN (Electronic)9781538623657
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2017
Event4th International Conference on Behavioral, Economic, and Socio-Cultural Computing, BESC 2017 - Cracow, Poland
Duration: 16 Oct 201718 Oct 2017

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Behavioral, Economic, and Socio-Cultural Computing, BESC 2017
Country/TerritoryPoland
CityCracow
Period16/10/1718/10/17

Keywords

  • inter-organizational social network
  • name card data
  • social event
  • social network analysis
  • social network evolution

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