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Quantifying political self-organization in social media fractal patterns in the spanish 15m movement on twitter

Publicated to:Proceedings Of The 12th European Conference On The Synthesis And Simulation Of Living Systems: Advances In Artificial Life, Ecal 2013. 395-402 - 2013-01-01 (), DOI: 10.7551/978-0-262-31709-2-ch057

Authors: Aguilera M; Morer I; Barandiaran XE; Bedia MG

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IAS-Res. Centre for Life; Mind; and Society Dept. of Philosophy University School of Social Work; UPV/EHU University of the Basque Country; Spain; DatAnalysis15M Research Network - Author
ISAAC; Dept. of Informatics; Universidad de Zaragoza; Spain - Author
ISAAC; Dept. of Informatics; Universidad de Zaragoza; Spain; DatAnalysis15M Research Network - Author

Abstract

The objective of this work is to better analyse and understand social self-organization in the context of social media and political activism. More specifically, we centre our analysis in the presence of fractal scaling in the form of 1/f noise in different Twitter communication networks related to the Spanish 15M movement. We show how quantitative indexes of brown, white and pink noise correlate with qualitatively different forms of social coordination of protests: rigidly organized protests (brown noise), reactive-spontaneous protests (white noise) and complex genuinely self-organized protests (pink noise). In addition, pink noise processes present correlations that reach much further in time, maintaining a dynamical coherence that last several days, and also show a balance between mean distance and clustering coefficient within the interaction network. © 2013 Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems: Advances in Artificial Life, ECAL 2013. All rights reserved.

Keywords
1/f noise1/f-noiseBiological systemsCommunications networksCoordination reactionsFractal patternsFractal scalingFractalsNanocrystalsPink noiseQuantitative indicesSelf organizationsSocial coordinationSocial mediaSocial networking (online)White noise

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 5.06, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions May 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-05-17, the following number of citations:

  • Scopus: 12
  • OpenCitations: 6
Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-17:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 33 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (GONZÁLEZ BEDIA, MANUEL).