Development of a simulation framework for promoting appropriate communication on a social media

• Project/Area Number: 26330387
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Library and information science/Humanistic social informatics
• Research Institution: Rissho University
• Principal Investigator: YAMAMOTO HITOSHI 立正大学, 経営学部, 教授 (70328574)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 岡田 勇 創価大学, 経営学部, 准教授 (60323888) ; 諏訪 博彦 奈良先端科学技術大学院大学, 情報科学研究科, 助教 (70447580)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: ソーシャルメディア / 世論形成 / 社会シミュレーション / 協力の進化 / 災害支援 / 規範 / 公共財ゲーム / 地域SNS / エージェントシミュレーション / 沈黙の螺旋 / 沈黙の螺旋理論 / デマの拡散

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study has aimed to construct a simulation framework for appropriate opinion consolidation and decision making in social media such as regional SNSs. This project consists of three sub-themes. The first is an analysis of the actual use of SNSs at the time of disaster occurrence. We have developed a method to find notable accounts by a centrality analysis of Twitter accounts during the Great East Japan Earthquake. The second is an analysis of an opinion formation mechanism on social media. We analyzed the process of opinion formation on social media using spiral of silence theory as a case of nuclear power plant problem. Finally, we have revealed some norms to promote social behavior in the community. To address this issue, we, in terms of game theory, developed a "norm ecosystem" model in which individuals with different norms interact through the helping games. And we have proposed a new simple norm called "staying" that prescribes abstaining from assessment.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] A norm knockout method on indirect reciprocity to reveal indispensable norms (2017)
  • Author(s): Yamamoto, H., Okada, I., Uchida, S., & Sasaki, T.
  • Journal Title: Scientific Reports Volume: 7
  • DOI: 10.1038/srep44146
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] The Evolution of Reputation-Based Cooperation in Regular Networks (2017)
  • Author(s): Sasaki, T., Yamamoto, H., Okada, I., & Uchida, S.
  • Journal Title: Games Volume: 8(1)
  • DOI: 10.3390/g8010008
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] The Evolution of Conditional Moral Assessment in Indirect Reciprocity (2017)
  • Author(s): Tatsuya Sasaki, Isamu Okada, and Yutaka Nakai
  • Journal Title: Scientific Reports Volume: ー Pages: 1-8
  • DOI: 10.1038/srep41870
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Development of a New Support System for English Composition and its Performance Evaluation for International Communication (2017)
  • Author(s): Hiroki Matsuyama, Mitsuyuki Miyazaki, Isamu Okada, Terumasa Ehara, Dawn Lavelle Miyazaki, Shinichiro Miyazawa
  • Journal Title: Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics Volume: 14(6) Pages: 62-71
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Generating pedestrian maps of disaster areas through ad-hoc deployment of computing resources across a DTN (2017)
  • Author(s): Edgar Marko Trono, Manato Fujimoto, Hirohiko Suwa, Yutaka Arakawa, Keiichi Yasumoto
  • Journal Title: Computer Communications Volume: 100 Pages: 129-142
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Exploring an Effective Incentive System on a Groupware (2016)
  • Author(s): Toriumi, F., Yamamoto, H., & Okada, I.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation Volume: 19(4)
  • DOI: 10.18564/jasss.3166
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Indirect Reciprocity Can Overcome Free-rider Problems on Costly Moral Assessment (2016)
  • Author(s): Sasaki T, Okada I, Nakai Y.
  • Journal Title: Biology Letters Volume: 7 Pages: 1-4
  • DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0341
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Can quality of content be a differentiator for broadcast programs? A case study in Japan (2016)
  • Author(s): Tanada, Azusa and Isamu OKADA,
  • Journal Title: Journalism and Mass Communication Volume: 6(6) Pages: 303-312
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 東日本大震災前後における重 要アカウントの抽出とコミュニケーション形態の変容 (2016)
  • Author(s): 石原裕規，諏訪博彦，鳥海不二夫，太田敏澄
  • Journal Title: 電子情報通信学会論文誌D Volume: Vol.J99-D Pages: 501-513
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] How to keep punishment to maintain cooperation: Introducing social vaccine (2016)
  • Author(s): Yamamoto, H., & Okada, I
  • Journal Title: Physica A Volume: 443 Pages: 526-536
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2015.08.053
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] The effect of incentives and meta-incentives on the evolution of cooperation (2015)
  • Author(s): Okada, I., Yamamoto, H., Toriumi, F., & Sasaki, T.
  • Journal Title: PLoS Computational Biology Volume: 11(5)
  • DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004232
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] What Affects the Spiral of Silence and the Hard Core on Twitter ? An Analysis of the Nuclear Power Issue in Japan (2015)
  • Author(s): Miyata, K., Yamamoto, H., & Ogawa, Y.
  • Journal Title: American Behavioral Scientist Volume: vol.59, no.9 Pages: 1129-1141
  • DOI: 10.1177/0002764215580618
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Cheating is evolutionarily assimilated with cooperation in the continuous snowdrift game (2015)
  • Author(s): Tatsuya Sasaki, and Isamu Okada
  • Journal Title: BioSystems Volume: 131 Pages: 51-59
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2015.04.002
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Commitment to Cooperation and Peer Punishment: Its Evolution (2015)
  • Author(s): Tatsuya Sasaki, Isamu Okada, Satoshi Uchida, Xiaojie Chen
  • Journal Title: Games Volume: 6(4) Pages: 574-587
  • DOI: 10.3390/g6040574
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 日本語の文末表現に着目した英文作成支援システムの構築と実証 (2015)
  • Author(s): 松山宏樹、岡田勇、江原暉将、宮﨑瑞之、Dawn L. Miyazaki、宮澤信一郎
  • Journal Title: 秀明大学紀要第13号 Volume: 13 Pages: 169-194
  • NAID: 40020869639
• [Journal Article] Twitterにおける意見の多数派認知とパーソナルネットワークの同質性が発言に与える影響: 原子力発電を争点としたTwitter上での沈黙の螺旋理論の検証 (2014)
  • Author(s): 小川祐樹, 山本仁志,宮田加久子
  • Journal Title: 人工知能学会論文誌 Volume: 29(5) Pages: 483-492
  • NAID: 130004684873
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Does the Expanding of Range of Information Aggregation bring in Cultural Diversity? (2014)
  • Author(s): 小川祐樹, 山本仁志
  • Journal Title: Computer Software Volume: Vol.31, No.3 Issue: 3 Pages: 3_178-3_186
  • DOI: 10.11309/jssst.31.3_178
  • NAID: 130004688277
  • ISSN: 0289-6540
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] 影の英雄: 協力の進化を支える規範 (2017)
  • Author(s): 山本仁志, 岡田勇, 内田智士, 佐々木達矢
  • Organizer: 第63回数理社会学会大会
  • Place of Presentation: 関西大学（大阪）
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-15
• [Presentation] Unsung hero norms: 協力の進化を支える規範 (2017)
  • Author(s): 山本仁志, 岡田勇, 内田智士, 佐々木達矢
  • Organizer: 第一回計算社会科学ワークショップ
  • Place of Presentation: 学習院大学（東京）
  • Year and Date: 2017-02-26
• [Presentation] Computational Social Science: 世界的な潮流のレビュー (2017)
  • Author(s): 岡田勇
  • Organizer: 第２３回社会情報システム学シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 電気通信大学（東京）
  • Year and Date: 2017-02-06
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Milk Carton: Family Tracing and Reunification System using Face Recognition over a DTN with Deployed Computing Nodes (2016)
  • Author(s): Edgar Marko Trono, Manato Fujimoto, Hirohiko Suwa, Yutaka Arakawa, Keiichi Yasumoto
  • Organizer: The 2016 International Workshop on Information Flow of Things
  • Place of Presentation: International Conference Center Hiroshima（広島）
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-28
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The evolution of conditional moral assessment in indirect reciprocity (2016)
  • Author(s): Sasaki T, Okada I, Nakai Y.
  • Organizer: Satellite Session “Evolutionary Game Theory: from Biology to Social Systems:”
  • Place of Presentation: アムステルダム（オランダ）
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-20
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Solitary observation in indirect reciprocity (2016)
  • Author(s): Okada I, Sasaki T, Nakai Y.
  • Organizer: Satellite Session “Evolutionary Game Theory: from Biology to Social Systems:”
  • Place of Presentation: アムステルダム（オランダ）
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-20
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Alternation of dominant social norms on the evolution of indirect reciprocity (2016)
  • Author(s): Yamamoto,H.
  • Organizer: The European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology
  • Place of Presentation: ノッティンガム大学（イギリス）
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-12
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Private information in indirect reciprocity (2016)
  • Author(s): Okada, Isamu
  • Organizer: The European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology
  • Place of Presentation: ノッティンガム大学
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-12
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Development of a New Support System for English Composition and its Performance Evaluation for International Communication (2016)
  • Author(s): Hiroki Matsuyama, Mitsuyuki Miyazaki, Isamu Okada, Terumasa Ehara, Dawn Lavelle Miyazaki, Shinichiro Miyazawa
  • Organizer: The 20th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics
  • Place of Presentation: オーランド（アメリカ）
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-10
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Milk Carton: A Face Recognition-based FTR system using Opportunistic Clustered Computing (2016)
  • Author(s): Edgar Marko Trono, Manato Fujimoto, Hirohiko Suwa, Yutaka Arakawa, Keiichi Yasumoto
  • Organizer: The 36th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
  • Place of Presentation: 奈良ホテル（奈良）
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-27
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Spatially-Distributed Computing Nodes Across a DTN (2016)
  • Author(s): Edgar Marko Trono, Manato Fujimoto, Hirohiko Suwa, Yutaka Arakawa,Mineo Takai and Keiichi Yasumoto
  • Organizer: International Workshop on the Impact of Human Mobility in Pervasive Systems and Applications
  • Place of Presentation: Sydney(Australia）
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-14
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Communication Using Smartphones for Detecting Slope Failures (2016)
  • Author(s): Manato Fujimoto, Seigi Matsumoto, John Noel Victorino, Hirohiko Suwa,Yutaka Arakawa, Yafei Hou, Julian Webber, Kazuto Yano, Satoshi Tsukamoto and Michinori Hatayama
  • Organizer: The 17th International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications
  • Place of Presentation: St. Augustine(USA)
  • Year and Date: 2016-02-23
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Delay-Tolerant Network-based Distributed Computing Architecture for Disaster Area Mapping (2015)
  • Author(s): Marko Trono, Manato Fujimoto, Hirohiko Suwa, Yutaka Arakawa and Keiichi Yasumoto
  • Organizer: NAIST/ADMU Joint International Workshop on Information Systems for Disasters
  • Place of Presentation: NAIST(奈良)
  • Year and Date: 2015-12-07
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Modeling CGM as Public Goods Game (2015)
  • Author(s): Fujio Toriumi, Hitoshi Yamamoto and Isamu Okada
  • Organizer: The Eleventh Conference of the European Social Simulation Association
  • Place of Presentation: Groningen(Nederland)
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-17
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Make a scapegoat or cultivate praises: two ways to prevent free-riders in a peer-to-peer sanction system (2015)
  • Author(s): Okada Isamu, Hitoshi Yamamoto, Fujio Toriumi and Tatsuya Sasaki
  • Organizer: International Conference on Social Dilemma
  • Place of Presentation: HongKong(China)
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-25
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] From strict discriminators to tolerant ones: a simulation study on evolution of norms (2015)
  • Author(s): Hitoshi Yamamoto and Isamu Okada
  • Organizer: The 16th International Conference on Social Dilemmas
  • Place of Presentation: HongKong(China)
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-24
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Estimating Media Partisanship from Twitter data: A case in Japan (2015)
  • Author(s): Kobayashi, T., Ogawa, Y., Yamamoto, H., & Suzuki, T
  • Organizer: World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) 68th Annual Conference
  • Place of Presentation: puerto rico(Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-18
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] News Audience Fragmentation in Japanese Twittersphere (2015)
  • Author(s): Ogawa, Y., Kobayashi, T, Yamamoto, H., & Suzuki, T.
  • Organizer: International Communication Association (ICA) 65th Annual Conference, Preconference: New Media and Citizenship in Asia: Civic Engagement for Sustainable Development Across the Life Span
  • Place of Presentation: Buenos Aires(Argentina)
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-21
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Twitterは沈黙の螺旋を加速させるのか－周囲の発言と意見分布認知の関連性 (2015)
  • Author(s): 小川祐樹, 山本仁志, 小林哲郎, 鈴木貴久
  • Organizer: 第59回数理社会学会
  • Place of Presentation: 電気通信大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-03-15
• [Presentation] 地域密着型イベント情報サイト活用に関する事例と考察 (2015)
  • Author(s): 伊藤千輝，篠田孝祐，諏訪博彦，小野良太，平田圭，川村秀憲，栗原 聡
  • Organizer: 社会情報システム学シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 電気通信大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-01-22
• [Presentation] 社会的意思決定問題の基盤としてのソーシャルメディア (2015)
  • Author(s): 山本仁志
  • Organizer: 第21回社会情報システム学シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 電気通信大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-01-22
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Multi-Agent Information Diffusion Model for Twitter (2014)
  • Author(s): Keisuke Ikeda, Yoshiyuki Okada, Fujio Toriumi, Takeshi Sakaki, Kazuhiro Kazama, Itsuki Noda, Kosuke Shinoda, Hirohiko Suwa, and Satoshi Kurihara
  • Organizer: The 2014 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence
  • Place of Presentation: Warsaw
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-11 – 2014-08-14
• [Presentation] オンライン空間における沈黙の螺旋理論-Twitterにおける多数派認知とネットワークの同質性の影響- (2014)
  • Author(s): 小川祐樹,山本仁志
  • Organizer: 日本社会心理学会第55回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-26
• [Presentation] A trench between micro- and macro-foundations as a distress in a social simulation researcher (2014)
  • Author(s): OKADA, Isamu
  • Organizer: The 6th International Workshop on Emergent Intelligence on Networked Agents
  • Place of Presentation: Paris
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-05
  • Invited
• [Book] よくわかる社会情報学 (2015)
  • Author(s): 岡田勇
  • Total Pages: 217
  • Publisher: ミネルヴァ書房