Statistics of co-occurring keywords in confined text messages on Twitter

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Online social media such as the micro-blogging site Twitter has become a rich source of real-time data on online human behaviors. Here we analyze the occurrence and co-occurrence frequency of keywords in user posts on Twitter. From the occurrence rate of major international brand names, we provide examples of predictions of brand-user behaviors. From the co-occurrence rates, we further analyze the user-perceived relationships between international brand names and construct the corresponding relationship networks. In general the user activity on Twitter is highly intermittent and we show that the occurrence rate of brand names forms a highly correlated time signal.

Original languageEnglish
JournalEuropean Physical Journal. Special Topics
Volume223
Issue number9
Pages (from-to)1849-1858
Number of pages10
ISSN1951-6355
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sep 2014

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