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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

6. Social Links for Crowds and Things

Author : Seng W. Loke

Published in: Crowd-Powered Mobile Computing and Smart Things

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter considers social links formed within crowds of people, often captured digitally in social media networks, including the notions of ‘following’, ‘being followed’, ‘friends’, and ‘connections’. The kind of links within crowds are diverse. This chapter examines three ideas, the notion of favour networks within crowds, automatic social networking, and social networks for things.

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Metadata
Title
Social Links for Crowds and Things
Author
Seng W. Loke
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Crowd-Powered Mobile Computing and Smart Things

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-54435-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-54436-6

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54436-6_6

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