There is an increase on the use of SNS (Social Network Services) such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter with the development of technology and web 2.0. In the field of Internet network visualization based on the tendency of SNS usage, there are resear...
There is an increase on the use of SNS (Social Network Services) such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter with the development of technology and web 2.0. In the field of Internet network visualization based on the tendency of SNS usage, there are researches on SNS visualization and theory of social capital with SNS use. In this research, we aim to suggest SNS visualization focused on characteristics of Korean users. For this, we conducted FGI into actual users. As a result, it demonstrated that there exist characteristics such as EXPERT SEARCH, COMMUNICATION related to Bridging Social Capital that coincides with the result of previous researches. Unlike existing visualization research, users prefer simple visualization to Node-Link layouts. The result of this research will be applied on guideline for further researches of SNS visualization.