The network maps below show the results of IssueCrawler [4] crawls of blog posts containing the phrase "David Hicks" and relating to the case of Australian-born Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks [5], in March 2007. Authority levels relate to the choice of seeds for the network crawl - using the Technorati authority settings "a lot of", "some", and "a little authority" as a filter for recent blog posts. For more detail, see IssueCrawling the Australian Blogosphere: Mapping Discussions about David Hicks [6].

Each map image is also available as an interactive SVG graph (around 900kB each) - available through the links below the images. The Adobe SVG viewer browser plugin [7] is required, and maps will display best in Internet Explorer. Full-size map images are available on Flickr - please click on the map images below.

High Authority Network

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Network from a seed of blogs with "high authority" on Technorati; node size indicates number of inlinks received. [View interactive SVG graph [9]]

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Network from a seed of blogs with "high authority" on Technorati; node size indicates centrality in the network (inlinks received plus outlinks made). [View interactive SVG graph [11]]

Medium Authority Network

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Network from a seed of blogs with "some authority" on Technorati; node size indicates number of inlinks received. [View interactive SVG graph [13]]

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Network from a seed of blogs with "some authority" on Technorati; node size indicates centrality in the network (inlinks received plus outlinks made). [View interactive SVG graph [15]]

Low Authority Network

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Network from a seed of blogs with "a little authority" on Technorati; node size indicates number of inlinks received. [View interactive SVG graph [16]]

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Network from a seed of blogs with "a little authority" on Technorati; node size indicates centrality in the network (inlinks received plus outlinks made). [View interactive SVG graph [18]]

Technorati : David Hicks [19], IssueCrawler [20], blogs [21], network [22], politics [23], research [24]
Del.icio.us : David Hicks [25], IssueCrawler [26], blogs [27], network [28], politics [29], research [30]