Some Studies on the Social Dynamics of Internet and Social Web
We are on the brink of an extraordinary revolution that is changing our world. In this new world, everyone – everything is connected everywhere in real time. This concept of connected world using Internet and Social Web is fundamentally changing the way we innovate, collaborate, produce, govern and sustain. The objectives of our studies are to investigate some aspects of internet-based digital economy to examine how it has transformed the organization of social groups, firms, industries, markets, commerce and modes of distribution.
Studying social dynamics of Internet is an interdisciplinary study that includes researchers from Computer Science, Informatics, Social Sciences and Management Sciences. The ultimate goal is to create better understanding of socially-centric platforms not just as a technology, but also as a set of social phenomena. To that end, the research agenda should include (i) using world wide web in the study of social phenomena, (ii) applying computational modeling and simulation to facilitate the study of social systems and human social dynamics, and (iii) designing future Internet technologies and applications that consider social context.
Publications:
- Sudipa Batabyal, Somsukla Banerjee, and Somprakash Bandyopadhyay, “Extracting useful information from Facebook posts: A Cognitive-Linguistic Analysis”. International Journal of Humanities and Management Sciences (IJHMS) Volume 2, Issue 4 (December, 2014)
- Anurag Saha, Ayanti Ghosh, Somprakash Bandyopadhyay, "Role of Twitter to Enhance Citizens’ Participation with Decentralized Coordination in Disaster Management", accepted in International Conference on Disaster Management: Preparedness, Response & Rehabilitation” on 18th – 20th October, 2012 at Hyderabad, India'.
- Shrabastee Banerjee, Apratim Mukherjee and Somprakash Bandyopadhyay, “Effect of Social Networks on Consumers’ Inclination towards Online Shopping using Transaction Cost Analysis in an Agent-based Framework”, In 2nd Annual International Conference on Micro and Macro Economics (MME 2012), Singapore, July 2012.
- Somprakash Bandyopadhyay, Apratim Mukherjee and Shrabastee Banerjee, “ A Simulation Model using Transaction Cost Economics to Analyze the Impact of Social Media on Online Shopping”, 4th International Conference on Social Informatics, 5–7 December 2012, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Tryambak Gangopadhyay, Somprakash Bandyopadhyay, “Resource Mobilization through Mass Collaboration using Social Media: A Measurement Framework to Valuate Social Mediators”, Third International Conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore 17 to 19 December 2015