Language Networks on LiveJournal

Authors:
Susan C. Herring;John C. Paolillo;Irene Ramos-Vielba;Inna Kouper;Elijah Wright;Sharon Stoerger;Lois Ann Scheidt;Benjamin Clark
Affiliations:
Indiana University, Bloomington;Indiana University, Bloomington;Indiana University, Bloomington;Indiana University, Bloomington;Indiana University, Bloomington;Indiana University, Bloomington;Indiana University, Bloomington;Indiana University, Bloomington
Venue:
HICSS '07 Proceedings of the 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Language use in 1,000 randomly-selected and 5,025 crawled LiveJournals was analyzed in order to determine the overall language demographics, the robustness of four non-English language networks (Russian, Portuguese, Finnish, and Japanese), and the characteristics of individuals who bridge between different languages on LiveJournal.com. The findings reveal that English dominates globally but not locally, network robustness is determined mostly by population size, and journals that bridge between languages are written by multicultural, multilingual individuals, or else they have broadly accessible content. Implications of these findings for cross-cultural conversation via blogs are considered.