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This study introduces a new model to identify key groups coordinating online social campaigns, enhancing understanding of their context and influence. The contextual focal structure analysis (CFSA) model improves interpretability for social network analysis.

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  • Social Network Analysis
  • Computational Social Science
  • Information Science

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  • Identifying key groups (focal structures) for online social campaigns is crucial but challenging.
  • Previous methods for detecting focal structures lacked contextual interpretability.
  • Focal structures influence large-scale social processes beyond individual influencers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel Contextual Focal Structure Analysis (CFSA) model.
  • To enhance the discovery and interpretability of focal structures in social media networks.
  • To provide context on shared content and communication networks of these structures.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized multiplex networks combining user interaction (mentions, replies) and hashtag co-occurrence layers.
  • Interconnected network layers based on user-hashtag relationships.
  • Evaluated on real-world Twitter datasets (COVID-19, Trump vaccine, Black Lives Matter).

Main Results:

  • The CFSA model successfully identified contextual focal structures (CFS) revealing individuals' interests.
  • Network structural measures (modularity, stability, clustering coefficient) assessed CFS influence.
  • Comparative evaluation using Ranking Correlation Coefficient (RCC) validated model efficacy.

Conclusions:

  • The CFSA model enhances the discovery and interpretability of focal structures in social media.
  • Contextual information derived from multiplex networks improves understanding of campaign coordination.
  • The model provides valuable insights for analyzing social movements and online engagement.