The Internet forms not only new cyberspace but also has a significant impact on the perception of time and its organization. Focusing on the phenomenon of temporal behavior in social media, the current study aims to identify factors that can determine the dynamics of communication in the comments of the popular Russian social network Vkontakte. The research is based on data from six major online media: “Meduza,” “Lenta.ru,” “Rossiyskaya Gazeta,” “Novaya Gazeta,” “Mayak,” and “Russia Today.” We examine the frequency of publications, the dynamics of communication, the temporal distribution of comments, and the post response rate. The identified four temporal behavior models described as “Discussion media,” “Stimulus is a response,” “From call to call,” “Timeless or Silence is gold,” provoke assumptions about the possible causes of differences in the dynamics of communication between Russian Internet users.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDigital Transformation and Global Society
Subtitle of host publication5th International Conference, DTGS 2020, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 17–19, 2020, Revised Selected Papers
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages91-104|
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-65218-0
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-65217-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Event5th International Conference on Digital Transformation and Global Society, DTGS 2020: 5th International Conference - ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Duration: 17 Jun 202019 Jun 2020
Conference number: 5
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Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume1242

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Digital Transformation and Global Society, DTGS 2020
Abbreviated titleDTGS 2020
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CitySt. Petersburg
Period17/06/2019/06/20
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    Research areas

  • Social networks, Cybertime, Temporal behavior, social media, Comments

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