This document provides an overview of a 4-day training on the Social Semantic Web. It introduces the topic and goals of being comfortable with the Social Semantic Web. The agenda outlines sessions on introductions to social networks and semantic web, applications and technologies for the Social Semantic Web, challenges and the future. Statistics are presented on the growth of social media and user generated content. Concepts discussed include blogs, wikis, microblogging, and social networking services. Milgram's theory of six degrees of separation and its examples like the Erdos number and six degrees of Kevin Bacon are also mentioned.
2. About me MACIEJ DABROWSKI!
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3. WHY?
SOCIAL NETWORKS
ARE AN IMPORTANT
ELEMENT OF OUR
CULTURE
what?
How?
16 HOURS OVER 4 DAYS
THEORY AND PRACTICE
INTERACTIVE
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SEMANTIC WEB
5. Day 1: introduction to semantic web
and social networks (a.k.a. theory)
SESSION 1.1: INTRODUCTION
TO SOCIAL NETWORKS
SESSION 1.2: BASIC CONCEPTS
BEHIND SEMANTIC WEB
Agenda
6. Agenda
Day 2: social semantic web: applications and practices
SESSION 2.1:APPLICATIONS OF
THE SOCIAL SEMANTIC WEB
SESSION 2.2: TECHNOLOGIES FOR
THE SOCIAL SEMANTIC WEB
7. Agenda
Day 3: CHALLENGES AND future of THE
SOCIAL SEMANTIC WEB
SESSION 3.1: MULTI-
DISCIPLINARY ASPECTS OF
THE SOCIAL SEMANTIC WEB
SESSION 3.2: PROJECT WORK
Day 4: PROJECT WORK
SESSION 4.1: RESULTS
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8. Schedule
Session 1.1
6 May
(MON)
FA-1D
11 -13
Session 1.2
6 May
(MON)
FA-2B
15 -17
Session 2.1
7 May
(TUE)
FA-0A
11 -13
Session 2.2
7 May
(TUE)
FA-2B
15 -17
Session 3.1
8 May
(WED)
FA-2A
09 -11
Session 3.2
8 May
(WED)
FA-2E
15 -17
Session 4.1
9 May
(THU)
FA-2E
09 -13
10. The world is connected
http://gigaom.com/2010/12/14/facebook-draws-a-map-of-the-connected-world/
11. What is social media?
Uses the ‘wisdom of crowds’ to connect
information in a collaborative manner.
Can take many different forms, including
message boards, weblogs, wikis,
podcasts, pictures and video.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
12. “UGC domination changes
everything. For the first time since
Guttenberg, the primary medium of
mass information is controlled
by ... the masses.”
Bob Brisco, CEO, Internet Brands
tinyurl.com/briscougc
13. user generated content*
61% = social networks
11% = forums
11% = UG content sites, e.g. urbandictionary.com
10% = UG marketplaces, e.g. craigslist.org
03% = blogs
01% = UG reviews, e.g. apartmentratings.com
01% = wikis
02% = other
*Stats from 2009
14. EVERY MINUTE
47,000
APPS ARE
DOWN-
LOADED
FROM
THE APP
STORE
3,600
PHOTOS
ARE
SHARED
ON
INSTAGRAM
571
WEBSITES
ARE
CREATED
$272,000
IS SPENT BY
CONSUMERS
ONLINE
http://thesocialskinny.com/216-social-media-and-internet-statistics-september-2012/
15. EVERY MINUTE
100,000
TWEETS ARE
SENT
684,478
PIECES OF
CONTENT
ARE SHARED
ON
FACEBOOK
2,000,000
SEARCH
QUERIES MADE
ON GOOGLE
48 HOURS
OFVIDEO ARE
UPLOADED ON
YOUTUBE
100
LINKED IN
ACCOUNTS
ARE CREATED
http://thesocialskinny.com/216-social-media-and-internet-statistics-september-2012/
19. The sad news
24% OF PEOPLE
HAVE MISSED WITNESSING
IMPORTANT MOMENTS BECAUSE
THEY ARETOO BUSYTRYINGTO
WRITE ABOUTTHEM ON SOCIAL
NETWORKS
http://thesocialskinny.com/216-social-media-and-internet-statistics-september-2012/
20. THE sad news
40% OF PEOPLE
SPEND MORETIME SOCIALIZING
ONLINETHANTHEY DO FACE-TO-FACE
40% ACCOUNTS AND
8% MESSAGES ON SOCIAL SITES
ARE SPAM
http://thesocialskinny.com/216-social-media-and-internet-statistics-september-2012/
25. seven social networks To watch in 2013
PHEED: SELLYOUR PHOTOS
THUMB: PERSONAL CROWDSOURCING
MEDIUM: INVITE ONLY!
CONVERSATIONS: ENTERPRISE SOCIAL NET
CHIRPIFY: BUY WITH ONETWEET
FLAYVR: PICTURE SHARING
CHIRP: SHARING CONTENT USING SOUND
http://blog.hootsuite.com/7-social-networks-watch-2013/
27. Is there a limit to growth?
WIKIPEDIA HAS PEAKED
FACEBOOK HAS PEAKED?
WHAT ABOUT NOVELTY ELEMENT?
28. facebook
In the last month, the world's largest social
network has lost 6m US visitors, a 4% fall,
according to analysis firm SocialBakers. In the UK,
1.4m fewer users checked in last month, a fall of
4.5%.The declines are sustained. In the last six
months, Facebook has lost nearly 9m monthly
visitors in the US and 2m in the UK.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/apr/28/facebook-loses-users-biggest-markets
29. Best deal in the history of the social web
WHY?
• USER GROWTH
• MOBILE
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/05/02/instagram-deal-is-looking-better-and-better/
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/facebook-buys-instagram-for-1-billion/
31. Phenomenon of viral videos
Source http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0
32. How does this happen?
USERS ARE CONNECTEDVIA A COMMON
OBJECT:THEIR JOB, UNIVERSITY, HOBBIES,
INTERESTS,A DATE…
“ACCORDING TO THIS THEORY, PEOPLE DON’T JUST
CONNECT TO EACH OTHER.THEY CONNECT
THROUGH A SHARED OBJECT. […]GOOD SERVICES
ALLOW PEOPLE TO CREATE SOCIAL OBJECTS THAT
ADD VALUE.” – JYRI ENGESTROM
33. It’s the social objects we create…
DISCUSSIONS
BOOKMARKS
ANNOTATIONS
PROFILES
MICROBLOGS
MULTIMEDIA
REF TO JOHNS SLIDES
34. …that connect us
to other people
Source http://www.slideshare.net/Cloud/another-social-semantic-web
38. A MOVE FROM THE WEB TO A “SOCIAL WEB”
THE NEWYORKER, 1993
“ON THE INTERNET, NOBODY KNOWS
YOU’RE A DOG.”
THE NEWYORKER, 2005
“I HAD MY OWN BLOG FOR A WHILE,
BUT I DECIDED TO GO BACK TO JUST
POINTLESS, INCESSANT BARKING.”
39. Arab spring
“THE PATTERN OF
SPREAD OFTHE
REVOLUTIONS WAS
NOT RELATEDTOTHE
PATTERN OF SOCIAL
MEDIA USAGE.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/10/debate-flares-over-impact-of-social-media-on-arab-spring-and-other-revolutions/
40. What is (was!) Web 2.0?
SECOND GENERATION OF WEB-BASED
COMMUNITIES AND HOSTED SERVICES
SUCH AS SOCIAL-NETWORKING SITES,
WIKIS AND FOLKSONOMIES,WHICH
AIMTO FACILITATE COLLABORATION
AND SHARING BETWEEN USERS
41. Features / principles of Web 2.0 (O’Reilly)
1. THE WEB AS PLATFORM
2. HARNESSING COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE
3. DATA ISTHE NEXT “INTEL INSIDE”
4. END OFTHE SOFTWARE RELEASE CYCLE
5. LIGHTWEIGHT PROGRAMMING MODELS
6. SOFTWARE ABOVETHE LEVEL OF A SINGLE
DEVICE
7. RICH USER EXPERIENCES
+THE LONGTAIL
42. Content can be…
BOOKS
AMAZON
OPINIONS
BLOGS
BOOKMARKS
DEL.ICIO.US
PHOTOS
FLICKR
MUSIC
LAST.FM
EVENTS
PLANCAST
PLACES
FOURSQUARE
ARTICLES
WIKIPEDIA
44. Overview of blogs
WEBLOG,WEB LOG OR SIMPLY
A BLOG IS A WEB JOURNAL
“A WEB APPLICATION WHICH
CONTAINS PERIODIC TIME-
STAMPED POSTS ON A COMMON
(USUALLY OPEN-ACCESS)
WEBPAGE”
45. BLOGS
DRAW COMMENTS AND
OPINIONS FROMTHE PUBLIC
THROUGH OPEN ACCESS
SYNDICATED USING RSS OR
ATOM FORMATS (E.G. FOR
READING FAVOURITE BLOGS
WITH A FEED READER)
46. The state of the blogosphere from BlogPulse
(6 April 2011)
TOTAL IDENTIFIED BLOGS: 159,297,624
NEW BLOGS IN LAST 24 HOURS: 68,825
BLOG POSTS IN LAST 24 HOURS: 1,150,448
47. ATYPE OF WEBSITETHAT ALLOWS USERSTO
EASILY ADD AND EDIT CONTENT AND IS
ESPECIALLY SUITED FOR COLLABORATIVE
WRITING/WORK
THE NAME IS BASED ONTHE HAWAIIAN
TERM WIKI-WIKI, MEANING “QUICK”,“FAST”,
OR “TO HASTEN”
WIkI
48. Some uses of wikis
WIKIS ARE BEING USED FOR:
ONLINE ENCYCLOPAEDIAS
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
WRITING RESEARCH PAPERS
FREE DICTIONARIES
BOOK REPOSITORIES
PROJECT PROPOSALS
EVENT ORGANISATION
52. What are social networking services (SNSs)?
FROMTHE BEGINNING,THE INTERNET
WAS A MEDIUM FOR CONNECTING
NOT ONLY MACHINES BUT PEOPLE
MAKETHE REAL-WORLD
RELATIONSHIPS EXPLICITLY DEFINED
ONLINE
53. Motivation for social network services
ALLOW A USERTO CREATE AND
MAINTAIN AN ONLINE NETWORK OF
CLOSE FRIENDS OR BUSINESS ASSOCIATES
FOR SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL
REASONS, SUCH AS FRIENDSHIPS AND
RELATIONSHIPS, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
OR JOB HUNTING.
54. Features of social network services
NETWORK OF FRIENDS (INNER CIRCLE)
SOCIAL NEWS FEEDS
PERSON SURFING
PRIVATE MESSAGING
DISCUSSION FORUMS
EVENTS MANAGEMENT
POSTING AND COMMENTING
MEDIA UPLOADING
69. ANYBODY
IS CONNECTEDTO
EVERYBODY ELSE
BY NO MORETHAN
SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION
(ON AVERAGE)
70. Milgram’s six degrees of separation theory
RANDOM PEOPLE FROM
NEBRASKA WERETO SEND
A LETTERTO A STOCK
BROKER IN BOSTON
THEY COULD ONLY GIVE IT
TO FRIENDS WITH WHOM
THEY WERE ON A FIRST-
NAME BASIS
STANLEY MILGRAM (1933-1984)
71. Six Degrees of Separation
“I READ SOMEWHERETHAT EVERYBODY
ONTHIS PLANET IS SEPARATED BY ONLY
SIX OTHER PEOPLE.THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES,A GONDOLIER IN
VENICE, JUST FILL INTHE NAMES… IT’S
ANYONE.A NATIVE IN A RAIN FOREST,A
TIERO DEL FUEGAN,AN ESKIMO.”
PLAY FROM 1990 BY JOHN GUARE
72. The Erdős number
NUMBER OF LINKS REQUIREDTO
CONNECT SCHOLARSTO ERDŐS
VIA CO-AUTHORSHIP OF PAPERS
ERDŐS WROTE 1500+ PAPERS
WITH 507 CO-AUTHORS
AMONG MATHEMATICIANS ONLY
THE AVG IS 4.65,THE MAX IS 13
PAUL ERDŐS (1913-1996)
http://www.oakland.edu/enp/
73. Six degrees of kevin bacon
CONNECT ANY ACTORTO
KEVIN BACON, BY LINKING
ACTORS WHO HAVE ACTED IN
THE SAME MOVIE
KEVIN BACON
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon
HTTP://ORACLEOFBACON.ORG/
74.
75. IS IT THAT SURPISING?
IFYOU HAVE 100 FRIENDS AND EACH
OFTHEM HAS 100 DISTINCT FRIENDS
YOU CAN REACH:
1) 100 DIRECTLY
2) 100 X 100 =
10,000 IN 2 STEPS
3) 10,000,000,000 IN 5 STEPS
78. summary
1. SN PART OF OUR CULTURE
2. VERY HIGH USAGE WITH
3. HUGE AMOUNT OF CONTENT CREATED
4. DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS
5. CAN BRING A LOT OFVALUETOYOU
83% of people believe platforms like Twitter and Facebook help them make new friends25% of people believe social networks have boosted their confidence40% of people spend more time socializing online than they do face-to-face
TODO: turn into circles with infographic
THINK HOW MUCH DATA THIS IS! :)
THINK HOW MUCH DATA THIS IS! :)
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