@article{EytanAdar.Volume47,
  abstract = {Weblogs link together in a complex structure through which new ideas and discourse can flow. Such a structure is ideal for the study of the propagation of information. In this paper we describe general categories of information epidemics and create a tool to infer and visualize the paths specific infections take through the network. This inference is based in part on a novel utilization of data describing historical, repeating patterns of infection. We conclude with a description of a new ranking algorithm, iRank, for blogs. In contrast to traditional ranking strategies, iRank acts on the implicit link structure to find those blogs that initiate these epidemics.

Workshop on the Weblogging Ecosystem, 13th International World Wide Web Conference, May 18th, 2004. Pre--print available as PDF (465Kb)},
  added-at = {2008-01-21T10:54:26.000+0100},
  author = {Adar, Li Zhang Lada A. Adamic Rajan M. Lukose Eytan},
  biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/273bf52a1a0c8d6a4e1d49dffdb38558f/tschert},
  interhash = {7810edb84d77f9b516fd6e54c21073bd},
  intrahash = {73bf52a1a0c8d6a4e1d49dffdb38558f},
  journal = {Communications of the ACM : CACMa publ. of the Association for Computing Machinery},
  keywords = {blogosphere diffusion},
  number = 12,
  pages = {35--39},
  timestamp = {2008-01-21T10:54:26.000+0100},
  title = {Implicit Structure and the Dynamics of Blogspace},
  url = {\url{http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/idl/papers/blogs/index.html}},
  urldate = {10.05.2007},
  year = {Volume 47}
}

@phdthesis{ManuelLima.May2005,
  abstract = {Blogviz is a visualization model for mapping the
transmission and internal structure of top links
across the blogosphere. It explores the idea of
meme propagation by assuming a parallel with
the spreading of most cited URLs in daily weblog
entries.
The main goal of Blogviz is to unravel hidden
patterns in the topics diffusion process. What's
the life cycle of a topic? How does it start and
how does it evolve through time? Are topics
constrained to a specific community of users?
Who are the most influential and innovative blogs
in any topic? Are there any relationships amongst
topic proliferators?},
  added-at = {2008-01-21T09:20:12.000+0100},
  author = {Lima, Manuel},
  biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/22d3037ef95cdd471f9333497418fab9a/tschert},
  description = {try to import},
  interhash = {f158ca34d046906218a309a84de5246b},
  intrahash = {2d3037ef95cdd471f9333497418fab9a},
  keywords = {blogosphere diffusion networks visualisation},
  school = {Parsons School of Design},
  timestamp = {2008-01-21T09:20:12.000+0100},
  title = {blogviz:  Mapping the dynamics of Information Diffusion in Blogspace:  Master Thesis},
  url = {\url{http://a.parsons.edu/%7Elima/thesis/documents/final/blogviz_thesis.pdf}},
  urldate = {11.05.2007},
  year = {May 2005}
}