The strength of an opinion leader's supporters

Yufu Kuwashima

doi:10.7880/abas.0181009a

Abstract

Watts and Dodds (2007) showed that in a simulation, supporters of opinion leaders have larger influence than opinion leaders themselves. In this paper, a case analysis was done of an anonymous housewife who created a network and acquired supporters on a social network and then started an apparel brand. The analysis revealed that influence strengthens by having both (a) a network centered around an opinion leader and (b) a complete network with six hardcore fans acting as supporters.

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1.Fund name: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

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