Visual Analysis of Topic Competition on Social Media

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How do various topics compete for public attention when they are spreading on social media? What roles do opinion leaders play in the rise and fall of competitiveness of various topics? In this study, we propose an expanded topic competition model to characterize the competition for public attention on multiple topics promoted by various opinion leaders on social media. To allow an intuitive understanding of the estimated measures, we present a timeline visualization through a metaphoric interpretation of the results. The visual design features both topical and social aspects of the information diffusion process by compositing ThemeRiver with storyline style visualization. ThemeRiver shows the increase and decrease of competitiveness of each topic. Opinion leaders are drawn as threads that converge or diverge with regard to their roles in influencing the public agenda change over time. To validate the effectiveness of the visual analysis techniques, we report the insights gained on two collections of Tweets: the 2012 United States presidential election and the Occupy Wall Street movement. The slide deck was made by Panpan Xu and presented by her in IEEE VAST 2013. More details about this project can be found from the project page: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/ycwu/projects/vast13.html

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Panpan Xu1, Yingcai Wu2, Enxun Wei2, Tai-Quan Peng3, Shixia Liu2, Jonathan J.H. Zhu4, Huamin Qu1

……

…Visual Analysis of Topic Competition

1 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

2 Microsoft Research Asia

3 Nanyang Technological University

4 City University of Hong Kong

on Social Media

VAST 13

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INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

Diffusion of multiple topics

The Interaction: Do people get distracted away from some topics when something more “eye-catching” is happening?The Influence: How do the opinion leaders (influential users) affect the interaction by recruiting the public attention for some topics?

On Social Media:

Google Ripples

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Whisper [N. Cao et al. 12]

INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

Google Ripples [F. Viégas et al. 11]

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Agenda-setting The ability of the news media (e.g. TV and newspaper) to influence the salience of topics on the public agenda.

Topic competition

Two-step information flow

The addition of any new topic onto the public agenda comes at the cost of other topic(s).

INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

[M. E. McCombs and D. L. Shaw 72]

[J. Zhu 92]

[S. Wu et.al 11]

The information reaches the masses via intermediaries.

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Agenda-setting The ability of the news media (e.g. TV and newspaper) to influence the salience of topics on the public agenda.

Topic competition

Two-step information flow

The addition of any new topic onto the public agenda comes at the cost of other topic(s).

INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

[M. E. McCombs and D. L. Shaw 72]

[J. Zhu 92]

[S. Wu et.al 11]

The information reaches the masses via intermediaries.

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Agenda-setting The ability of the news media (e.g. TV and newspaper) to influence the salience of topics on the public agenda.

Topic competition

Two-step information flow

The addition of any new topic onto the public agenda comes at the cost of other topic(s).

INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

[M. E. McCombs and D. L. Shaw 72]

[J. Zhu 92]

[S. Wu et al. 11]

The information reaches the masses via intermediaries (opinion leaders).

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INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

Combine quantitative modeling and interactive visualization

Healthcare

#debate

#chinaExtract time varying measurements on • topic competitiveness• each opinion leader group’s influence on each topic• topic transition trend of each opinion leader group

Visualize • the dynamic relation between topics and opinion leader groups• textual contents of the posts

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INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

Collection of Tweets

Text Search

Time Series: Stream of

tweets

TopicUser group

Topic Competition

Modeling

Topic Transition Analysis

Combine quantitative modeling and interactive visualization

TimelineVisualizatio

nRaw Tweets

List

Word Cloud

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INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

Collection of Tweets

Text Search

Time Series: Stream of

tweets

TopicUser group

Topic Competition

Modeling

Topic Transition Analysis

Combine quantitative modeling and interactive visualization

TimelineVisualizatio

nRaw Tweets

List

Word Cloud

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INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

Collection of Tweets

Text Search

Time Series: Stream of

tweets

TopicUser group

Topic Competition

Modeling

Topic Transition Analysis

Combine quantitative modeling and interactive visualization

TimelineVisualizatio

nRaw Tweets

List

Word Cloud

• Time-varying topic competitiveness

• Each opinion leader group’s influence

• Topic transition trend

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INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

Collection of Tweets

Text Search

Time Series: Stream of

tweets

TopicUser group

Topic Competition

Modeling

Topic Transition Analysis

Combine quantitative modeling and interactive visualization

TimelineVisualizatio

nRaw Tweets

List

Word Cloud

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INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

∆ 𝑝𝑖𝑡=𝑚𝑖

𝑡−1 ∑𝑗=1 , 𝑗≠ 𝑖

𝑘

𝛽𝑖𝑗𝑝 𝑗𝑡− 1−𝑝𝑖

𝑡 −1 ∑𝑗=1 , 𝑗≠ 𝑖

𝑘

𝛽 𝑗𝑖𝑚 𝑗𝑡 −1

[J. Zhu 92]

distraction effect

Topic Competition Model for traditional media:

recruiting effect

change of public attention on topic

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INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

∆ 𝑝𝑖𝑡=𝑚𝑖

𝑡−1 ∑𝑗=1 , 𝑗≠ 𝑖

𝑘

𝛽𝑖𝑗𝑝 𝑗𝑡− 1−𝑝𝑖

𝑡 −1 ∑𝑗=1 , 𝑗≠ 𝑖

𝑘

𝛽 𝑗𝑖𝑚 𝑗𝑡 −1

recruiting effect

[J. Zhu 92]

media coverage on topic

population on other topic

Topic Competition Model for traditional media:

change of public attention on topic

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INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

∆ 𝑝𝑖𝑡=𝑚𝑖

𝑡−1 ∑𝑗=1 , 𝑗≠ 𝑖

𝑘

𝛽𝑖𝑗𝑝 𝑗𝑡− 1−𝑝𝑖

𝑡 −1 ∑𝑗=1 , 𝑗≠ 𝑖

𝑘

𝛽 𝑗𝑖𝑚 𝑗𝑡 −1

[J. Zhu 92]

distraction effect

population on topic

media coverage on other topic

Topic Competition Model for traditional media:

change of public attention on topic

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INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

∆ 𝑝𝑖𝑡=𝑚𝑖

𝑡−1 ∑𝑗=1 , 𝑗≠ 𝑖

𝑘

𝛽𝑖𝑗𝑝 𝑗𝑡− 1−𝑝𝑖

𝑡 −1 ∑𝑗=1 , 𝑗≠ 𝑖

𝑘

𝛽 𝑗𝑖𝑚 𝑗𝑡 −1

∑𝑔=1

𝑛

𝑚𝑖 ,𝑔𝑡− 1

The Extended Topic Competition Model:Two step information flowHeterogeneous influence (news media, grassroots)

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INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

𝑝𝑖𝑡=𝑎𝑖𝑝𝑖

𝑡−1+∑𝑔=1

𝑛

𝑚𝑖 ,𝑔𝑡− 1 ∑

𝑗=1 , 𝑗≠𝑖

𝑘

𝛽𝑖 , 𝑗 ,𝑔𝑝 𝑗𝑡 −1−𝑝𝑖

𝑡−1 ∑𝑗=1 , 𝑗≠ 𝑖

𝑘

∑𝑔=1

𝑛

𝛽 𝑗 ,𝑖 ,𝑔𝑚 𝑗 ,𝑔𝑡− 1

The Extended Topic Competition Model:Two step information flowHeterogeneous influence (news media, grassroots)

distraction effectrecruiting effect

Topic competiveness& opinion leader’s influencethrough decomposition

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min∑𝑙

𝜔𝑙‖𝑚𝑙𝑡 −1𝐴−𝑚𝑙

𝑡‖2

INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑜:∑𝑗=1

𝑘

𝑎𝑖𝑗=1𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑖𝑗≥0

topic

topic

topic

topic

topic

topic

topic

topic

Topic Transition Estimation

𝐴𝑘×𝑘=(𝑎11 … 𝑎1𝑘… … …𝑎𝑘1 … 𝑎𝑘𝑘

)Transition matrix

TT-1

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INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

Collection of Tweets

Text Search

Time Series: volume of

tweets

TopicUser group

Topic Competition

Modeling

Topic Transition Analysis

TimelineVisualizatio

nRaw Tweets

List

Word CloudOutput of Analysis and Modeling Step:

Time varying competitiveness of each topicTime varying opinion leader groups’ influence on each topicThe topic transition trend of the opinion leader groups between adjacent time stamps.

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INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

Topic competiveness

Timeline view

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Media

Political Figures

Grassroots

Topic competiveness

+ Recruitment effect of different opinion leaders

+ Topic transition trend

Timeline view

INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

Word Cloud

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INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

Word cloud filterable by:• Topic• Time interval• Opinion leader group

Sparkline:• Time varying saliency of a word

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INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

Dataset:

2012 Presidential Election; 89, 174, 308 tweets; May 01 – Nov 10Six general topics : welfare/society, defense/international issues, economy, election (general), election (horse race), law/social relations *Three opinion leader groups: media , political figures, and grassroots *

*identified collaboratively with media researchers

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INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

Election (general)

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INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

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INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

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INTRO / SYSTEM / MODEL / DESIGN / CASE STUDY

27SUMMARY / LIMITATIONS & FUTURE WORK

Collection of Tweets

Text Search

Time Series: volume of

tweets

TopicUser group

Topic Competition

Modeling

Topic Transition Analysis

TimelineVisualizatio

nRaw Tweets

List

Word Cloud

Visual analysis framework:

Model the topic competition on social media, the influence of opinion leader groups, and the topic transition trends.

Visualize the results of the models and allow for further exploration to form explanations.

28SUMMARY / LIMITATIONS & FUTURE WORK

Manual process to collect keywords and categorize opinion leadersmore efficient ways?

Time series modeling+ the structural factors of social network ?

Competition & cooperationother modes of interaction among topics?

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Thank You for Attention !

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