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Impact of heterogeneity and socioeconomic factors on individual behavior in decentralized sharing ecosystems

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    Identifier: PC:1061
    Authors:
    Guimerà, R.Duch, J.Amaral, L.A.N.Bustamante, F.E.Sánchez, M.A.Otto, J.S.Choffnes, D.R.Gavaldà-Miralles, A.
    Abstract:
    10.1073/pnas.1309389111
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Guimerà, R. Duch, J. Amaral, L.A.N. Bustamante, F.E. Sánchez, M.A. Otto, J.S. Choffnes, D.R. Gavaldà-Miralles, A.
    Department: Enginyeria Química
    URV's Author/s: Arnau Gavaldà-Mirallesa, David R. Choffnes, John S. Otto, Mario A. Sánchez, Fabián E. Bustamante, Luís A. N. Amaral, Jordi Ducha, Roger Guimerà
    Abstract: Tens of millions of individuals around the world use decentralized content distribution systems, a fact of growing social, economic, and technological importance. These sharing systems are poorly understood because, unlike in other technosocial systems, it is difficult to gather large-scale data about user behavior. Here, we investigate user activity patterns and the socioeconomic factors that could explain the behavior. Our analysis reveals that (i) the ecosystem is heterogeneous at several levels: content types are heterogeneous, users specialize in a few content types, and countries are heterogeneous in user profiles; and (ii) there is a strong correlation between socioeconomic indicators of a country and users behavior. Our findings open a research area on the dynamics of decentralized sharing ecosystems and the socioeconomic factors affecting them, and may have implications for the design of algorithms and for policymaking.
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 0027-8424
    Last page: 15327
    Journal volume: 111
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: http://www.pnas.org/content/111/43/15322
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Article's DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1309389111
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
    Journal publication year: 2014
    First page: 15322