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Identification of subculture groups and its reflection on topic propagation in the Blogosphere

Abstract

Our investigation of language use and link structures in the Persian blogosphere shows that homophily in this network can develop along gender and ethnic lines. But more importantly, it was noted that although value homophily is crucial in the formation of the progressive/reformist social group, gender homophily governs the formation of the conservative/fundamentalist subculture. These results suggest that the connections in the online network groups in the Persian blogosphere directly reflect the ideological separations that exist in the physical society along gender and ethnic lines, which will in turn affect the propagation of information and topics in the network.

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