Aaron DharnainSocial Media: Theories, Ethics, and AnalyticsHow does a disruptive event change emergent clusters?If one has trained algorithmic models deployed, and if one knows that a disruptive event, E, is coming, it raises the question of how will…Dec 23, 2020Dec 23, 2020
Aaron DharnainSocial Media: Theories, Ethics, and AnalyticsBreaking radicalization with noveltyWhat is the central affordance of Youtube? Naturally, this is different for different groups. However, the platform itself is predisposed…Dec 7, 2020Dec 7, 2020
Aaron DharnainSocial Media: Theories, Ethics, and AnalyticsBeyond Stasis GraphsOn November 10th, 2020 Bungie launched an expansion for their game Destiny 2 entitled Beyond Light. In addition to new story content, the…Nov 16, 2020Nov 16, 2020
Aaron DharnainSocial Media: Theories, Ethics, and AnalyticsInferring latent structure in player graphsLast time, we created a graph of player/weapon interactions in Destiny 2 and discussed measures of centrality. Let us now attempt to gain…Oct 19, 2020Oct 19, 2020
Aaron DharnainSocial Media: Theories, Ethics, and AnalyticsPlayer Graphs in Destiny 2Determining player types in games is very much an open research question. Such methods can inform a game designer’s ability to balance…Oct 4, 2020Oct 4, 2020
Aaron DharnainSocial Media: Theories, Ethics, and AnalyticsThe Scarab LordThe Scarab Lord was a title given out in World of Warcraft in 2006 for the first players on each game server to bang a gong thereby…Sep 22, 2020Sep 22, 2020
