Welcome to the XXXIX Sunbelt Social Networks Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA). Here are some conference-related information... There are more on the Conference Website (you can download some helpful documents directly from the home page, under ’’Shared Files’’). WiFi: Network: Visiteurs UQAM User name: asunbelt2019 Password: DQ32fK23 OR EDUROAM is also available everywhere in all UQAM Buildings. There is also a Public WIFI Network in Downtown Montréal: MTL-WIFI (see here for more details). RESTAURANTS There is no lack of good restaurants and bars near the Conference venue and in Montréal globally. Download the pdf file for a few suggestions (under ’’Shared Files’’ on the website).
Organizer: David Tindall Co-Organizers: Mario Diani
10:20 The Power of Network Analysis and Modeling for Social Movements Studies: Increasing Importance of the Protest Online Mobilization Grigoriy Khvatskiy, Dmitry Zaytsev, Valentina Kuskova
10:40 May We Have a Word? Understanding NGOs’ Social Media Salience through Machine Learning and Social Network Analysis Aimei Yang, Adam Saffer
11:00 Investigating Effects of Most-Liked Comments in News: Patterns of Opinion Diversity in Internet News Platform Inyoung Park, Hyungbo Shim, Daeho Lee
11:20 How Are Multi-Issue Identities Stitched Together in a Connective Action Yiqi Li
11:40 The Embeddedness of Capitalism: How the Networked Relations of Large Corporations Unify their Responses to Protest Tarun Banerjee