Calculate out-degree scores
In a retweet network, the out-degree of a user indicates the number of times the user retweets posts.
Users with high out-degree scores are key players who can be used as a medium to retweet promotional posts.
Can you identify users who can be used as a medium to retweet promotional posts for a travel portal?
The retweet network on #travel has been pre-loaded as nw_rtweet.
The library igraph has been pre-loaded for this exercise.
This exercise is part of the course
Analyzing Social Media Data in R
Exercise instructions
- Calculate out-degree scores from the retweet network.
- Sort the out-degree scores in decreasing order.
- View users with the top 10 out-degree scores.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Calculate out-degree scores from the retweet network
out_degree <- ___(___, mode = c("___"))
# Sort the out-degree scores in decreasing order
out_degree_sort <- sort(___, decreasing = ___)
# View users with the top 10 out-degree scores
___[1:10]