Tuesday, March 2, 12:30 pm
Berkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floor
Relationships make social media social. Yet, different relationships play different roles. For example, one's Facebook friend list may include their college professor, their grandmother, and an acquaintance from the dentist's office. In this talk, Karrie will discuss the presentation of relationships in social media, how we infer relationships from this presentation, and how we can predict relationship strength. She will conclude with a discussion of what this means for the design and interaction of social media.
About Karrie
Karrie Karahalios is an assistant professor in computer science at the University of Illinois where she heads the Social Spaces Group. Her work focuses on the interaction between people and the social cues they emit and perceive in networked electronic spaces. Her work is informed by studies and visualizations of social communities. Of particular interest are interfaces for pubic online and physical gathering spaces such as twitter, chatrooms, cafes, parks, etc. One goal is to create interfaces that enable users to perceive conversational patterns that are present, but not obvious, in traditional communication interfaces.
Karrie completed a S.B. in electrical engineering, an M.Eng. in electrical engineering and computer science, and an S.M. and Ph.D in media arts and science at MIT.