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Cyberbullying is the deliberate use of online digital media to communicate false, embarrassing, or hostile information about another person. It is the most common online risk for adolescents and well over half of young people do not tell their parents when it occurs. While there have been many studies about the nature and prevalence of cyberbullying, there has been relatively less work in the area...
Today, crowdfunding has emerged as a popular means for fundraising. Among various crowdfunding platforms, reward-based ones are the most well received. However, to the best knowledge of the authors, little research has been performed on rewards. In this paper, we analyze a Kickstarter dataset, which consists of approximately 3K projects and 30K rewards. The analysis employs various statistical methods,...
The main question that this paper addresses is how to identify critical events in the evolution of a social network. The paper uses ideas from psychology about time perception. It is well known that time flows differently in different emotional situations. Equipped with this idea, this paper studies the relationship between two clocks. As opposed to standard synchronization, where everything is done...
This paper amalgamates the field of positive psychology and social network analysis to explore what are the character strengths and virtues of individuals with high centrality measures within a close group of adolescent females. Research in the field of social network analysis in the last few decades has given a good understanding of different centrality measures. Today, we know what does an individual...
During the past decade there has been a growing research interest in the effects of social support, characterized by social relationships and affiliation, on health. As health management is largely a social process, social networks have been theorized to impact health outcomes. We find however, an important gap in the literature. Little attention has been given to how the social structure and social...
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