Information Spread in a Social Media Age

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Concluding Thoughts

“The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.”

Aristotle

The overriding purpose of this text was to provide an overview of social media information spread theory, modeling, and analysis, as well as provide some example techniques on how to control information spread in various scenarios. It was our goal to allow beginning and advanced readers alike to gain benefit, insight, and inspiration from the topics explored. We hope that readers feel encouraged to engage and communicate their insights into these topics and more, as that is the true value of social media.

This final chapter of the text begins with a brief overview of the topics presented over previous chapters. Information categorization and the importance ...