Author(s)

Hongming Shu

Corresponding Author

Hongming Shu

ABSTRACT

Today in technical communication network, rapid dissemination of a piece of news, in part, is because of the intrinsic value of the news itself, or in part, of the network node of influence or special place it reaches. Shared information, a culture characteristic, has been existing. However, dissemination of news never becomes so simple and wide as it does now. We attempt understanding the evolution of the methodology, purpose and functions of society information network. We mainly consider of three problems: 1. We define news to judge what news can be valued and disseminated in society. 2. A model is built for society information network, with which we analyze the influence of news characteristics on its dissemination. 3. Based on the model of the second problem, we try to explain how the news at different stage of human history is disseminated and the characteristics of the dissemination. 4. Based on the model of the second problem, we judge the effect of prejudice of people on the dissemination of news. Of them, the last three problems represent three elements that influence the dissemination of news: the news itself, viewpoint of people and the characteristics of the information network itself. Concentrating on these three problems, we find representative sets of data. Then we analyze the news source with the approaches of cellular automaton and data fitting, and the effect of the intrinsic value and strength of information network on the dissemination of news on Internet.

KEYWORDS

Information network, cellular automaton, uses and gratification theory, heat rate analysis