Social Media Modeling and Computing
The emergence of user-centric multimedia applications on social networks has been instrumental in the creation of a new form of “social” media – created using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies for sharing via the internet.This timely
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Steven C.H. Hoi Jiebo Luo Susanne Boll Dong Xu Rong Jin Irwin King Editors
Social Media Modeling and Computing
Editors Asst. Prof. Steven C.H. Hoi Nanyang Technological University School of Computer Engineering Singapore, Singapore [email protected] Dr. Jiebo Luo Kodak Research Laboratories Lake Avenue 1999 14650 Rochester, NY USA [email protected] Prof. Susanne Boll University of Oldenburg Media Informatics and Multimedia Systems Escherweg 2 26121 Oldenburg Germany [email protected]
Assoc. Prof. Rong Jin Michigan State University Dept. Computer Science and Engineering Engineering Building 3115 48824 East Lansing, MI USA [email protected] Prof. Irwin King AT&T Labs Research San Francisco USA and The Chinese University of Hong Kong Dept. Computer Science and Engineering Shatin Hong Kong SAR [email protected]
Asst. Prof. Dong Xu Nanyang Technological University School of Computer Engineering Singapore, Singapore [email protected]
ISBN 978-0-85729-435-7 e-ISBN 978-0-85729-436-4 DOI 10.1007/978-0-85729-436-4 Springer London Dordrecht Heidelberg New York British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2011923787 © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2011 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licenses issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. The use of registered names, trademarks, etc., in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Cover design: deblik Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Recent years have witnessed a growing number of user-centric multimedia applications, especially with the popularity of web 2.0. Examples include Flickr, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. The emerging applications on social web and social networks have produced a new type of multimedia content, termed as “social media” here, as it is created by people using highly accessible and scalable publishing technologies for sharing via the web. With social media technology, images, videos and audios are generally accompanied by rich contextual information, such as tags, categories, title, metadata, comments, and ratings, etc. Massive emerg
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