Abstract
This study investigated the driving mechanism of building interaction ties among the people living with HIV/AIDS in one of the largest virtual HIV communities in China using social network analysis. Specifically, we explained the probability of forming interaction ties with homophily and popularity characteristics. The exponential random graph modeling results showed that members in this community tend to form homophilous ties in terms of shared location and interests. Moreover, we found a tendency away from popularity effect. This suggests that in this community, resources and information were not disproportionally received by a few of members, which could be beneficial to the overall community.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 239-243 |
| Journal | AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Research Keywords
- homophily
- PLWHA interactions
- popularity effect
- social network analysis
- Weibo HIV community
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