Online Communities Research

A compilation of our research on online participation, social networks, online crowd and communities.

Publications

Journal Papers

  1. Gruzd, A. & Hodson, J. (2021). Making Sweet Music Together: The Affordances of Networked Media for Building Performance Capital by YouTube Musicians. Social Media + Society, 7(2). DOI: 10.1177/20563051211025511
  2. Kumar, P., Gruzd, A. & Mai, P. (2021). Mapping out Violence Against Women of Influence on Twitter Using the Cyber–Lifestyle Routine Activity Theory. American Behavioral Scientist, 65(5), 689-711. DOI: 10.1177/0002764221989777
  3. Chaudhry, I. & Gruzd, A. (2019). Expressing and Challenging Racist Discourse on Facebook: How Social Media Weaken the “Spiral of Silence” Theory. Policy & Internet, 12(1), 88-108. DOI: 10.1002/poi3.197
  4. White, B., Castleden, H. & Gruzd, A. (2015). Talking to Twitter users: Motivations behind Twitter use on the Alberta oil sands and the Northern Gateway Pipeline. First Monday, 20(1). DOI: 10.5210/fm.v20i1.5404
  5. Martin, J.M.G., Gruzd, A. & Howard, V. (2013). Navigating an Imagined Middle–earth: Finding and Analyzing Text–Based and Film–Based Mental Images of Middle–Earth Through TheOneRing.net Online Fan Community. First Monday, 18(5). DOI: 10.5210%2Ffm.v18i5.4529
  6. Takhteyev, Y., Gruzd, A. & Wellman, B. (2012). Geography of Twitter Networks. Social Networks, 34(1), 73-81. DOI:10.1016/j.socnet.2011.05.006 
  7. Gruzd, A., Wellman, B. & Takhteyev, Y. (2011). Imagining Twitter as an Imagined Community. American Behavioral Scientist, 55(10): 1294-1318, DOI: 10.1177/0002764211409378

Book Chapters

  1. Gruzd, A. (2018). Online Communities. In Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining (pp. 1171-1181). Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6170-8_81
  2. Dang, A., Moh’d, A., Gruzd, A., Milios, E. & Minghim, R. (2017). An Offline–Online Visual Framework for Clustering Memes in Social Media. In M. Kaya, Ö. Erdoǧan & J. Rokne (Eds.), Social Data Mining and Analysis to Prediction and Community Detection (Lecture Notes in Social Networks) (pp. 1-29). Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-51367-6_1
  3. Gruzd, A. (2014). Online Communities, in Reda Alhajj and Jon Rokne (Eds). Encyclopedia
    of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer.
  4. Gruzd, A. (2011). Exploring Virtual Communities with the Internet Community Text Analyzer (ICTA). In B. Daniel (Ed.) Handbook of Research on Methods and Techniques for Studying Virtual Communities: Paradigms and Phenomena (pp. 205-223). IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-040-2.ch011
  5. Gruzd, A. & Haythornthwaite, C. (2011). Networking Online: Cyber Communities. In Scott, J. & Carrington, P. (Eds.), Handbook of Social Network Analysis (pp. 449-487). SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.4135/9781446294413
  6. Haythornthwaite, C. & Gruzd, A. (2007). A Noun Phrase Analysis Tool for Mining Online Community. In Steinfield, C., Pentland, B., Ackerman, M. & Contractor, N. (Eds.), Communities and Technologies 2007: Proceedings of the Third Communities and Technologies Conference, Michigan State University 2007 (pp. 67-86). Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-905-7_4

Conference Papers

Conference Papers in Proceedings

  1. Haythornthwaite, C., Mai, P. & Gruzd, A. (2024, Jan. 3). Social Media as Fragile State. Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Honolulu, HI, USA. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/5db68422-f3e8-4726-9d69-0b95ade0d717
  2. O’Meara, V., Hodson, J., Jacobson, J. & Gruzd, A. (2024, Jan. 3). Just being a bit bitchy: The gendered valences of online anti-social behavior on Tattle Life. Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Honolulu, HI, USA. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/9b21f795-846d-4203-aa4a-a944ffa60f98
  3. Jacobson, J. & Gruzd, A. (2018). Employers’ Use of Young People’s Social Media: Extending Stakeholder Theory to Social Media Data. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2018. Chicago, IL, USA. DOI: 10.5465/AMBPP.2018.18217
  4. Nizam, N., Watters, C. & Gruzd, A. (2016). Improving Website Navigation with the Wisdom of Crowds. Proceedings of the 27th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media. New York, NY, USA. DOI:10.1145/2914586.2914607
  5. Dang, A., Moh’d, A., Gruzd, A., Milios, E. & Minghim, R. (2015). A Visual Framework for Clustering Memes in Social Media. Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM). August 25-28, 2015, Paris, France. DOI: 10.1145/2808797.2808830
  6. Nizam, N., Watters, C. & Gruzd, A. (2014). Link Sharing on Twitter during Popular Events: Implications for Social Navigation on Websites. Proceedings of the 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Waikoloa Village, HI, USA. DOI:10.1109/HICSS.2014.222
  7. Alemneh, D. G., Carbo, T., Caidi, N., Gruzd, A. and Rorissa, A. (2012), The origins of SIG-
    III and its 30 years' journey: Visions and reflections. Proceedings of the American Society
    for Information Science and Technology. DOI:10.1002/meet.14504901167
  8. Gruzd, A., Doiron, S. & Mai, P. (2011, Jan. 4-7). Is Happiness Contagious Online? A Case of Twitter and the 2010 Winter Olympics. Proceedings of the 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Kauai, HI, USA. DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2011.259
  9. Gruzd, A. (2009, May 10-13). Automated Discovery of Social Networks in Text-Based Online Communities. Proceedings of the GROUP’09 Conference, Doctoral Consortium. Sanibel Island, FL, USA. DOI: 10.1145/1531674.1531733
  10. Gruzd, A. (2009, Jan. 19-23). Name Networks: A Content-Based Method for Automated Discovery of Social Networks to Study Collaborative Learning. Proceedings of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Conference. Denver, CO, USA. https://dalspace.library.dal.ca//handle/10222/12832
  11. Gruzd, A. & Haythornthwaite, C. (2008, Oct. 24-29). The Analysis of Online Communities using Interactive Content-based Social Networks. Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Conference. Columbus, OH, USA. DOI: 10.1002/meet.2008.1450450318

Conference Papers

  1. Kumar, P., Gruzd, A., Mai, P. (2018, Oct. 11). Mapping out Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) on Twitter: Case of India. The 2018 Association of Internet Researchers Conference. Montreal, QC, Canada. https://aoir.org/aoir2018/
  2. Boichak, O. & Gruzd, A. (2018, Sept. 20-21). Mobilizing Diasporas: Mapping Transnational Relief Efforts in the Social Media Age. The Internet, Policy & Politics Conference. Oxford, UK. https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/events/the-internet-policy-politics-conference-2018/ 
  3. Gruzd, A. & Lannigan, J. (2017, June 8-10). Studying People’s Sentiments on Social Media About #BigLift – a Major Bridge Re-decking Project in Halifax, Canada. Panel on Expanding our Understanding of Social Media Use in Public Management, Public Management Research Conference at American University’s School of Public Affairs. Washington DC, USA. https://www.american.edu/spa/news/pmrc-brings-fresh-perspective-to-pressing-issues-06122017.cfm   
  4. Robbins, T. & Gruzd, A. (2012, Sept. 28-29). Distributed ‘Influence’ and the 2011 Canada Games’ Social Media Campaign. Symposium & Workshop on Measuring Influence on Social Media, Halifax, NS, Canada.
  5. Gruzd, A., Wellman, B. & Tahkteyev, Y. (2011, May 26-30). Imagining Twitter as an Imagined Community. International Communication Association Conference. Boston, MA, USA. DOI: 10.1177/0002764211409378
  6. Takhteyev, Y., Gruzd, A. & Wellman, B. (2010, June 29-July 4). Geography of Twitter Networks. International Network of Social Network Analysis (INSNA) Conference. Trento, Italy. https://www.dropbox.com/s/83rn246blpbvp0w/30_Abstracts.pdf?e=1&dl=0
  7. Wellman, B., Gruzd, A. & Takhteyev, Y. (2009, Sept, 25-26). Networking on Twitter: A Case Study of a Networked Social Operating System. Workshop on Information in Networks (WIN). New York City, NY, USA. https://www.behind-the-enemy-lines.com/2009/08/workshop-on-information-in-networks-win.html 
  8. Gruzd, A., Takhteyev, Y. & Wellman, B. (2009, Aug. 8-11). A Tweetise on Twitter: Networked Individualism Online. Thematic Session on Imagined Communities in the 21st Century, American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA, USA.
  9. Gruzd, A. & Haythornthwaite, C. (2008, Jan. 22-27). Automated discovery and analysis of social networks from threaded discussions. International Network of Social Network Analysis Conference. St. Pete Beach, FL, USA. https://dalspace.library.dal.ca/handle/10222/12829
  10. Gruzd, A. (2007, Oct. 20). Web APIs: A Step towards Greater Mobility of User-Created Data across Social Networking Websites and Their Implications for Research in Information Behavior. SIG USE 2007 Research Symposium on Mobility and Social Networks in Information Behavior. Milwaukee, WI, USA. https://dalspace.library.dal.ca//handle/10222/12830

Poster Presentations

  1. Gruzd, A. & Robbins, T. (2013). Studying the Spread of 'Influence' in the Twitter
    Communication Network around the 2011 Canada Games, Proceedings of the 42nd Annual
    Conference of the Canadian Association of Information Science, June 6-8, 2013, Victoria,
    BC.
  2. Robbins, T., et. al. (2013). NAVEL’s preliminary findings on GRAND members’ patterns of
    interaction…then and now. Poster presented at GRAND 2013.
  3. Niewiarowski, T. & Gruzd, A. (2013). Interactive Network Visualization of Research
    Collaborations using Social Media Data. Poster presented at GRAND 2013.
  4. Nizam, N., Watters, C., and Gruzd, A. (2012). A Comparative Study of Navigation Using
    Single vs. Community Driven Tag Clouds on Websites. Proceedings of the 75th ASIST
    Annual Meeting, October 2012. Baltimore, Maryland.