Uncovering Transnational Hyperlink Patterns and Web-Mediated Contents: A New Approach Based on Cracking.com Domain

Authors:
George A. Barnett; Chung Joo Chung; Han Woo Park
Affiliations:
University of California, Davis, CA, USA;State University of New York, NY, USA;YeungNam University, Gyeongbuk, Korea
Venue:
Social Science Computer Review
Year:
2011

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Abstract

One unresolved issue in international telecommunications research is the examination of the international hyperlink network that includes the ubiquitous .com domain. Based on the assumption that decomposing or 芒聙聵芒聙聵cracking芒聙聶芒聙聶 .com leads to a more accurate description of the international hyperlink network, this research proposes a method for decomposing .com, applies the proposed procedure, and investigates the differences between two international hyperlink networks芒聙聰one including .com data and the other excluding .com. The adjusted international hyperlink network showed substantial differences in the centrality of several countries that make extensive use of .com. For example, in contrast to the hyperlink network excluding .com, the network including .com showed a thirtyfold increase in the out-degree centrality of the U.S. and a change in the country芒聙聶s eigenvector centrality that was greater than that of any other country. In addition, the centrality of China, Japan, and India increased. By contrast, the centrality of countries that do not rely heavily on .com, mainly E.U. members, decreased. The results obtained with the cracked .com data have several implications that are consistent with world-systems theory for the study of international telecommunications and globalization.