Why are social cyberspaces considered small-world networks? People frequently visit the same sites as other individuals They are not considered small-world networks They are electronic extensions of human social networks They are group-centric societies
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Small-world networks are characterized by a high degree of clustering and short average path lengths between nodes, meaning that most nodes can be reached from any other node through a small number of steps. Show more…
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