
Section II
Aspects of Analyzing
andSecuring Social Networks
INTRODUCTION TO SECTION II
Now that we have discussed the supporting technologies for analyzing and securing social media, in
Section II we will explore various aspects of analytics and the security of such systems. In particu-
lar, we will examine the data mining tasks for social media systems, as well as discuss condenti-
ality, privacy, and trust for such systems. We will also discuss the representation and reasoning of
social networks using semantic web technologies.
Section II consists of three chapters: Chapters 6 through 8. Chapter 6 will give the reader a
feel for the various app ...