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Hot on the heals of my research into blog coverage of the David Hicks case [4], some more of my IssueCrawler [5] crawls have completed recently. Eventually (when a number of followp-up crawls I'm planning for the coming weeks also complete), I'll analyse them in some more detail, but for now, here are a few preliminary observations. Larger images of the network graphs are on Flickr; click the respective images to see them. I've also uploaded the interactive SVG graphs; you'll need the Adobe SVG viewer plugin [6] in Internet Explorer to display them correctly...
This maps the recent controversy over former West Australian premier turned disgraced lobbyist Brian Burke [8]; the Australian government has run a concerted but fairly unsuccessful effort to draw links between Burke and federal opposition leader Kevin Rudd. The crawls map discussion on this in the blogosphere; seeded from the most recent 100 posts referencing "Brian Burke" as listed on Technorati [9] (and filtered for posts on the other Brian Burke [10], who is an ice hockey administrator in North America). Crawls completed on 27 March 2007.
Crawl seeded from posts with at least "a little authority" according to Technorati; node size indicates number of inlinks received by a node. [SVG] [13] |
Crawl seeded from posts with at least "a little authority" according to Technorati; node size indicates the centrality of a node. [SVG] [14] |
Crawl seeded from posts with at least "some authority" according to Technorati; node size indicates number of inlinks received by a node. [SVG] [17] |
Crawl seeded from posts with at least "some authority" according to Technorati; node size indicates the centrality of a node. [SVG] [18] |
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This maps discussion in the Australian blogosphere around the first anniversary of the federal government's "WorkChoices [20]" package of industrial relations reform laws. Seeded from the most recent posts referencing either "WorkChoices" or "Work Choices" as listed on Technorati [9]. Crawls completed on 29 March 2007.
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Crawl seeded from posts with at least "a little authority" over the last 30 days, according to Technorati; node size indicates number of inlinks received by a node. [SVG] [23] |
Crawl seeded from posts with at least "a little authority" over the last 30 days, according to Technorati; node size indicates the centrality of a node. [SVG] [24] |
Crawl seeded from posts with at least "some authority" over the last 30 days, according to Technorati; node size indicates number of inlinks received by a node. [SVG] [27] |
Crawl seeded from posts with at least "some authority" over the last 30 days, according to Technorati; node size indicates the centrality of a node. [SVG] [28] |
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Crawl seeded from posts with at least "a little authority" over the last 3 days, according to Technorati; node size indicates number of inlinks received by a node. [SVG] [31] |
Crawl seeded from posts with at least "a little authority" over the last 3 days, according to Technorati; node size indicates the centrality of a node. [SVG] [32] |
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Crawl seeded from posts with at least "some authority" over the last 3 days, according to Technorati; node size indicates number of inlinks received by a node. [SVG] [35] |
Crawl seeded from posts with at least "some authority" over the last 3 days, according to Technorati; node size indicates the centrality of a node. [SVG] [36] |
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Links
[1] http://snurb.info/taxonomy/term/47
[2] http://snurb.info/taxonomy/term/9
[3] http://snurb.info/taxonomy/term/62
[4] http://snurb.info/node/634
[5] http://www,issuecrawler.net/
[6] http://www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install/
[7] http://flickr.com/photos/snurb/sets/72157600036357497/
[8] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Burke
[9] http://technorati.com/
[10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Burke_%28ice_hockey%29
[11] http://www.flickr.com/photos/snurb/439612954/
[12] http://www.flickr.com/photos/snurb/439610321/
[13] http://snurb.info/files/burke-crawl-2007-03/307820-307764%20-%202007-03-25%20Brian%20Burke%20crawl%202%20(a%20little%20authority;%20inlinks).svg
[14] http://snurb.info/files/burke-crawl-2007-03/307820-307764%20-%202007-03-25%20Brian%20Burke%20crawl%202%20(a%20little%20authority;%20centrality).svg
[15] http://www.flickr.com/photos/snurb/439610299/
[16] http://www.flickr.com/photos/snurb/439610277/
[17] http://snurb.info/files/burke-crawl-2007-03/307819-307763%20-%202007-03-25%20Brian%20Burke%20crawl%201%20(some%20authority;%20inlinks).svg
[18] http://snurb.info/files/burke-crawl-2007-03/307819-307763%20-%202007-03-25%20Brian%20Burke%20crawl%201%20(some%20authority;%20centrality).svg
[19] http://flickr.com/photos/snurb/sets/72157600036359195/
[20] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workchoices
[21] http://www.flickr.com/photos/snurb/439613948/
[22] http://www.flickr.com/photos/snurb/439611151/
[23] http://snurb.info/files/workchoices-crawl-2007-03/307849%20-%202007-03-28%20WorkChoices%20(last%2030%20days,%20a%20little%20authority;%20inlinks).svg
[24] http://snurb.info/files/workchoices-crawl-2007-03/307849%20-%202007-03-28%20WorkChoices%20(last%2030%20days,%20a%20little%20authority;%20centrality).svg
[25] http://www.flickr.com/photos/snurb/439611127/
[26] http://www.flickr.com/photos/snurb/439611109/
[27] http://snurb.info/files/workchoices-crawl-2007-03/307848%20-%202007-03-28%20WorkChoices%20(last%2030%20days,%20some%20authority;%20inlinks).svg
[28] http://snurb.info/files/workchoices-crawl-2007-03/307848%20-%202007-03-28%20WorkChoices%20(last%2030%20days,%20some%20authority;%20centrality).svg
[29] http://www.flickr.com/photos/snurb/439614008/
[30] http://www.flickr.com/photos/snurb/439611219/
[31] http://snurb.info/files/workchoices-crawl-2007-03/307851%20-%202007-03-28%20WorkChoices%20(last%203%20days,%20a%20little%20authority;%20inlinks).svg
[32] http://snurb.info/files/workchoices-crawl-2007-03/307851%20-%202007-03-28%20WorkChoices%20(last%203%20days,%20a%20little%20authority;%20centrality).svg
[33] http://www.flickr.com/photos/snurb/439613974/
[34] http://www.flickr.com/photos/snurb/439611193/
[35] http://snurb.info/files/workchoices-crawl-2007-03/307850%20-%202007-03-28%20WorkChoices%20(last%203%20days,%20some%20authority;%20inlinks).svg
[36] http://snurb.info/files/workchoices-crawl-2007-03/307850%20-%202007-03-28%20WorkChoices%20(last%203%20days,%20some%20authority;%20centrality).svg
[37] http://technorati.com/tag/Australia
[38] http://technorati.com/tag/Brian%20Burke
[39] http://technorati.com/tag/IssueCrawler
[40] http://technorati.com/tag/WorkChoices
[41] http://technorati.com/tag/blogs
[42] http://technorati.com/tag/graph
[43] http://technorati.com/tag/network
[44] http://technorati.com/tag/politics
[45] http://technorati.com/tag/research
[46] http://del.icio.us/tag/Australia
[47] http://del.icio.us/tag/Brian+Burke
[48] http://del.icio.us/tag/IssueCrawler
[49] http://del.icio.us/tag/WorkChoices
[50] http://del.icio.us/tag/blogs
[51] http://del.icio.us/tag/graph
[52] http://del.icio.us/tag/network
[53] http://del.icio.us/tag/politics
[54] http://del.icio.us/tag/research