Developing ideological networks using social network analysis and writeprints: A case study of the international Falun Gong movement

Yi Da Chen; Ahmed Abbasi; Hsinchun Chen

doi:10.1109/ISI.2008.4565021

Developing ideological networks using social network analysis and writeprints: A case study of the international Falun Gong movement

Yi Da Chen, Ahmed Abbasi, Hsinchun Chen

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Abstract

The convenience of the Internet has made it possible for activist groups to easily form alliances through their websites to appeal to wider audience and increase their impact. In this study, we investigate the potential of using Social Network Analysis (SNA) and Writeprints to discover the fusion of activitst ideas on the Internet, focusing on the Falun Gong movement. We find that network visualization is very useful to reveal how different types of websites or ideas are associated and, in some cases, mixed together. Furthermore, the measures of centrality in SNA help to reveal which websites most prominently link to other websites. We find that Writeprints can be used to identify the ideas which an author gradually introduces and combines through a series of messages.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	7-12
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISI.2008.4565021
State	Published - 2008
Event	IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, 2008, IEEE ISI 2008 - Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China Duration: Jun 17 2008 → Jun 20 2008

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Other	IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, 2008, IEEE ISI 2008
Country/Territory	Taiwan, Province of China
City	Taipei
Period	6/17/08 → 6/20/08

Keywords

Falun Gong
Fusion
Ideological networks
Internet
Social network analysis
Writeprints

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Artificial Intelligence
Information Systems

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Chen, Y. D., Abbasi, A., & Chen, H. (2008). Developing ideological networks using social network analysis and writeprints: A case study of the international Falun Gong movement. 7-12. Paper presented at IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, 2008, IEEE ISI 2008, Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISI.2008.4565021

Developing ideological networks using social network analysis and writeprints: A case study of the international Falun Gong movement. / Chen, Yi Da; Abbasi, Ahmed; Chen, Hsinchun.
2008. 7-12 Paper presented at IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, 2008, IEEE ISI 2008, Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China.

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Chen, YD, Abbasi, A & Chen, H 2008, 'Developing ideological networks using social network analysis and writeprints: A case study of the international Falun Gong movement', Paper presented at IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, 2008, IEEE ISI 2008, Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China, 6/17/08 - 6/20/08 pp. 7-12. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISI.2008.4565021

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