With fast-growing technology, online social networks (OSNs) have exploded in popularity
over the past few years. The pivotal reason behind this phenomenon happens to be the …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to outline an agenda for researching the relationship
between technology-enabled networks–such as social media and big data–and the …

Releasing social network data could seriously breach user privacy. User profile and
friendship relations are inherently private. Unfortunately, sensitive information may be …

Software-enabled technologies and urban big data have become essential to the
functioning of cities. Consequently, urban operational governance and city services are …

Our personal social networks are big and cluttered, and currently there is no good way to
organize them. Social networking sites allow users to manually categorize their friends into …

Our world is becoming ever more data-driven, transforming how business is conducted,
governance enacted, and knowledge produced. Yet, the nature of data and the scope and …

Social networks are very popular in today's world. Millions of people use various forms of
social networks as they allow individuals to connect with friends and family, and share …

Big data promises to deliver analytic insights that will add to the stock of scientific and social
scientific knowledge, significantly improve decision makinginboththepublicandprivatesector …

The Internet and social media have fuelled enormous interest in social network analysis.
New tools continue to be developed and used to analyse our personal connections, with …

Homophily can put minority groups at a disadvantage by restricting their ability to establish
links with a majority group or to access novel information. Here, we show how this …