Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks (VOSON) Software for Collecting and Analysing Online Networks (2004-2018)
Abstract
The VOSON suite enables the
collection and analysis of online
networks, and comprises: VOSON
web app for hyperlink networks
(2006), vosonSML R package for
collecting social media (eg Twitter)
(2015), and VOSON Dashboard
R/Shiny web app for network
analysis and collection (2018).
VOSON has been uniquely
positioned to answer major
sociological questions about the
networked society: how do issues
emerge?; what influences people to
change behaviour and attitudes?;
how to characterise identity using
traces of online behaviour?