Since an ever-increasing part of the population makes use of social media in their day-to-
day lives, social media data is being analysed in many different disciplines. The social …

Information diffusion in online social networks is affected by the underlying network
topology, but it also has the power to change it. Online users are constantly creating new …

Online communities are an increasingly important aspect in the digital age, for business
organizations, diverse industry sectors and overall, in modern society. The social role of …

We examine how opinion distributions (ie, opinion polarization and convergence over time)
differ across product salient platforms (product platforms) versus product non‐salient …

The innovative use of digital technologies has led to a disruption of well-established
business models in many industries. To prevent from being disrupted, organizations must …

In this chapter, we propose a temporal point process model, COEVOLVE, for such joint
dynamics, allowing the intensity of one process to be modulated by that of the other. This …

A thesis submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy to the Research Centre for Data Analytics and Cognition, La Trobe Business …

Social media websites enable users to create and share content or to participate in social
networking. The main advantage of social media is the ability to communicate with different …