Title: Network Structure, Diffusion and Growth Over Time in a Facebook Application.
Description: Traditionally, high quality temporal social network data has been difficult to obtain. Large online social networks are fairly common, but access to their data is not. Using the Facebook Developers Platform, it is possible to create an application and use its data as a subset of the complete Facebook network.
In this study I observed and analyzed the network structure, diffusion and growth of the network over time of a Facebook application.
Accompanying Blog Post: A Tale of Two Facebook Apps: Viral Vs. Non-Viral Growth
