Information spread in the age of the internet

Alon Sela; Irad Ben-Gal

doi:10.1109/eeei.2014.7005757

Information spread in the age of the internet

Alon Sela, Irad Ben-Gal

Tel Aviv University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

The following work compares the spread of novel ideas through social networks by a 'word-of-mouth' scheme compared to the spread of ideas through websites, by which ideas are published on the web and spread through search engines. Simulations of these two spreading models show that the spread by 'word-of-mouth' is more effective than the spread through web pages and search engines. Search engines are indeed highly effective as information searching tools, but less effective as spreading tools for diverse new and previously unknown ideas.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2014 IEEE 28th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2014
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479959877
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/eeei.2014.7005757
State	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	2014 28th IEEE Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2014 - Eilat, Israel Duration: 3 Dec 2014 → 5 Dec 2014

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Name	2014 IEEE 28th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2014

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Conference	2014 28th IEEE Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2014
Country/Territory	Israel
City	Eilat
Period	3/12/14 → 5/12/14

Bibliographical note

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© Copyright 2015 IEEE All rights reserved.

Keywords

Herd behaviour
Information spread
SIR
Search engines
Social network
Word-of-mouth

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Sela, A., & Ben-Gal, I. (2014). Information spread in the age of the internet. In 2014 IEEE 28th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2014 Article 7005757 (2014 IEEE 28th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2014). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/eeei.2014.7005757

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Information spread in the age of the internet. / Sela, Alon; Ben-Gal, Irad.
2014 IEEE 28th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. 7005757 (2014 IEEE 28th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2014).

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Information spread in the age of the internet

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