This document contains 6 figures showing network graphs and distributions of Arabic language websites from Israel. Figure 1 shows the hyperlink network of all 944 websites from Israel colored by domain suffix. Figures 2-4 break down the networks by specific domain suffixes, showing the distribution of host countries and connections between sites. Figures 5 and 6 compare the distributions of website types between different domain suffixes.
Mapping Minority Web-Spaces: the Case of the Arabic Web-space in Israel
1. .net
.org.il
.org
.com
.ac.il
.muni.il
.co.il
.net.il
.edu
Figure 1 – The hyperlink network formed by all returned results (944 Websites in Arabic from Israel). Nodes are Websites, colored by
their domain name suffixes. Arrows indicate the direction of hyperlinks. The larger a node, the more inlinks it received from the network.
The thickness of an arrow depends on hyperlink’s frequency. Hyperlink analysis by IssueCrawler.net. Visualization by Gephi.org.
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2. Figure 2 – Distribution of host countries of Arabic-language Websites from Israel registered in the .org domains.
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3. .com
.il
.net
.org
Figure 3 – The hyperlink network formed by Arabic-language Websites registered in the .org.il domain. Nodes are Websites, colored by
their domain name suffixes. Arrows indicate the direction of hyperlinks. The larger a node, the more inlinks it received from the network.
The thickness of an arrow depends on hyperlink’s frequency. Hyperlink analysis by IssueCrawler.net. Visualization by Gephi.org.
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4. .com
.org
.org.il
.net
.cz
Figure 4 – The hyperlink network formed by Arabic-language Websites registered in the .org domain. Nodes are Websites, colored by their
domain name suffixes. Arrows indicate the direction of hyperlinks. The larger a node, the more inlinks it received from the network. The
thickness of an arrow depends on hyperlink’s frequency. Hyperlink analysis by IssueCrawler.net. Visualization by Gephi.org.
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5. Figure 5 – A network graph comparing the distribution of types of Arabic-language Websites from Israel registered in the .com and .co.il
domain names. Dark nodes indicate domain name suffix (local / generic), light nodes are types of Websites. Node size is determined by the
count of Websites. Thickness of arrows depends on the frequency of a Website type per domain name. Visualization by Google
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6. Figure 6 – A network graph comparing the distribution of types of Arabic-language Websites from Israel registered in the .net
and .net.il domain names. Dark nodes indicate domain name suffix (local / generic), light nodes are types of Websites. Node size is
determined by the count of Websites. Thickness of arrows depends on the frequency of a Website type per domain name. Visualization
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7. Full-color images accompanying the book chapter:
“Mapping Minority Web-Spaces: the Case of the Arabic Web-space in Israel”
To appear in Caspi, D. and Elias, N. (eds.), Ethnic Minorities and Media in the Holy Land,
London: Vallentine Mitchell Academic
Anat Ben-David
University of Amsterdam
For questions and comments, please contact the author: a.ben-david [at] uva.nl
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