Table 1 Visual analytics tools for social networks
Tool | Functionality | Visualization | Semantic |
|---|---|---|---|
Vox Civitas Diakopoulos et al. (2010) | Filtering messages Relevant terms Unique messages Sentiment analysis Keyword extraction | Video Volume graph Timeline Bar graph | Similarity Learning model Stemming |
VisualBackchannel Dork et al. (2010) | Text analysis Topic identification | Streamgraph Helical graph Image cloud | Stemming |
Hao et al. (2011) | Sentiment analysis Stream analysis Visual analytics | Timeline Map | NLP techniques |
Senseplace2 MacEachren et al. (2011) | Filtering tweets Relevant tweets History view | Timeline Map Heatmap | None |
Whisper (Cao et al. 2012) | Monitoring User exploration Filtering | Timeline Sunflower | None |
Yin et al. (2012) | Data capture Burst detection Text classification Online clustering Geotagging | Date-time slider Tag/topic cloud Map | Manual |
TweetXplorer Morstatter et al. (2013) | Grouping keywords Timeline Relevant users/tweets Geotagging User patterns | Retweet network Heat map Tag cloud | None |
TopicPanorama Liu et al. (2014) | Topic analysis Matching social media | Radial tree Density graph | Ranking |
OpinionFlow Wu et al. (2014) | Opinion mining Diffusion model Relevant users/topics | Strip graph Timeline | Opinion mining |
Matisse Steed et al. (2015) | Sentiment analysis Geotagging | Timeline Scatterplot Heatmap | Learning model |
Social Newsroom Zimmerman and Vatrapu (2015) | Cross-platform Story success Relevant users/topics | Statistical graph | None |
ScatterBlogs Thom et al. (2015) | Filtering tweets Event discovery Topic model Tag clusters | Content lens Tag cloud Timeline | NLP techniques |