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The rise of online social media is providing a wealth of social network data. Data mining techniques provide researchers and practitioners the tools needed to analyze large, complex, and frequently changing social media data. This chapter introduces the basics of data mining, reviews social media, discusses how to mine social media data, and highlights some illustrative examples with an emphasis on social networking sites and blogs.

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Barbier, G., Liu, H. (2011). Data Mining in Social Media. In: Aggarwal, C. (eds) Social Network Data Analytics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8462-3_12

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