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Visualizations : Social networks popularity world map : Probably because we're so used to...

Creator: Mike Lupu
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Dataset Data file: Top ranking social networking sites by country Data source: Alexa Country Rankings Rated_up_big This data set has 1 positive and 0 negative ratings.
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Mike Lupu says:

The world map is a colour coded map with each social networking site represented in a different colour. Where data wasn’t available the country border is not displayed. If you click on a site from the list on the right hand side the countries that use that site are highlighted.

Posted Monday December 17 2007, 10:23 AM
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Mike Lupu says:

The world map is a colour coded map with each social networking site represented in a different colour.

To interact with the world map you can either select on any number of the sites from the site list on the right, or else (shift or control) click on the country. If you want to comment on some characteristic of the data you can select the data then put in a comment and the data selection is shown next to the comment. To zoom in or out click on the top left controls or use the mouse scrollbar.

Other visualizations of this data set include:-
     Social Networks popularity treemap
     Social Network sites by country with internet users and site ranking

Posted Saturday January 12 2008, 10:26 AM
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Anonymous says:

Probably because we’re so used to these representations of the world, this one is someone easier to use and grasp. Of course, it puts way too much emphasis on landmass instead of the number of Internet users, but in terms of quick and easy visualization, this one seems to work best. The other two get a bit confusing, especially in terms of zooming in. A spreadsheet version would have some of the same advantages as the other two versions and might be easier to use, especially in terms of reusing the data.
One broad issue is that the level of analysis is so broad that it all seems to imply social networks follow national lines, which they rarely do. Sure, Facebook penetration in Canada is quite impressive but many Canadians are on other networks and there isn’t much in Facebook that makes it specifically Canadian. We also don’t know much about different regions of specific countries, which might differ significantly in terms of social network use.

Posted Thursday February 28 2008, 08:23 PM
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Anonymous says:

Difficult to find smaller countries when a site is selected (e.g., Bebo). It might help to have the other countries become neutral (e.g., all light gray) to make countries with the selected site stand out.

Posted Friday February 29 2008, 03:57 PM
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