WhatsApp, Doc?

这是从 WhatsApp 公共团体收集的大规模数据集。它由 178 个公共组创建，包含大约 45K 用户和 454K 消息。该数据集允许研究人员提出以下问题：(i) WhatsApp 组是广播、多播还是单播媒体？ (ii) 用户的交互性如何，这些交互如何随着时间的推移而出现？ (iii) WhatsApp 群组的地理跨度如何，地理位置如何影响互动动态？ (iv) 多媒体内容在WhatsApp群组中扮演什么角色，用户如何围绕多媒体内容形成互动？ (v) WhatsApp 数据在回答进一步的社会科学问题方面有什么潜力，特别是在偏见和可代表性方面？This is a large-scale dataset collected from WhatsApp public groups. Compiled from 178 public groups, it contains approximately 45K users and 454K messages. This dataset enables researchers to address the following research questions: (i) Do WhatsApp groups function as broadcast, multicast, or unicast communication media? (ii) What is the level of user interactivity, and how do such interactions emerge over time? (iii) What is the geographic span of WhatsApp groups, and how does geographic location influence interaction dynamics? (iv) What role does multimedia content play in WhatsApp groups, and how do users form interactions around multimedia content? (v) What is the potential of WhatsApp data in answering further social science questions, particularly regarding bias and representativeness?

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背景概述

该数据集收集自WhatsApp公共团体，包含178个群组、约4.5万用户和45.4万条消息，旨在支持研究传播模式、用户交互动态、地理影响及多媒体角色等社会科学问题。它由伦敦玛丽女王大学和洛桑联邦理工学院于2018年发布，为相关学术分析提供基础数据。