Exploratory analysis of the adoption of a Unified Entrance Examination by Federal Universities using Social Network Analysis based on open data

Authors

  • Rafael Henrique Santos Soares Universidade de Brasília – UnB.
  • Jorge Henrique Cabral Fernandes Universidade de Brasília – UnB.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2178-2075.v7i1p181-200

Keywords:

Social network analysis, Data collection, Open data, Unified entrance examination. Information flow, Information Behavior

Abstract

Investigates the diffusion of innovation among Brazilian federal universities using Social Networking Analysis to study networks mapped from the Brazillian Official Gazette. Offers an alternative data collection method for modeling social networks for studies of information flow in the federal public Administration and presents a methodology identification of relationship based on text processing. Using the theories of innovation diffusion in social networks, analyzes the process of adoption of SiSU by federal and universities showing that the social network of universities and information flow influences their decision to join the new selection system.

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Author Biographies

  • Rafael Henrique Santos Soares, Universidade de Brasília – UnB.

    Mestre em Ciencia da Informação na Faculdade de Ciência da Informação da Universidade de Brasília

    Bacharel em Administração de Empresas pela UFMG

    Bacharel em Sistemas de Informação pela PUC/MG

  • Jorge Henrique Cabral Fernandes, Universidade de Brasília – UnB.

    Doutor em Ciência da Computação pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco – UFPE.
    Professor do Departamento de Ciência da Computação do Instituto de Ciências Exatas da Universidade de Brasília – UnB.

Published

2016-04-05

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How to Cite

SOARES, Rafael Henrique Santos; FERNANDES, Jorge Henrique Cabral. Exploratory analysis of the adoption of a Unified Entrance Examination by Federal Universities using Social Network Analysis based on open data. InCID: Revista de Ciência da Informação e Documentação, Ribeirão Preto, Brasil, v. 7, n. 1, p. 181–200, 2016. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2178-2075.v7i1p181-200. Disponível em: https://www.periodicos.usp.br/incid/article/view/76282.. Acesso em: 18 may. 2024.