Assessing propagation of distributed content relevant to a subject of focus

A system to assess propagation of distributed content relevant to a subject of focus in an information sharing network, which comprises:

• a computer system comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:
• receive a topical content data set from a plurality of topical information sources, said topical content data set containing attribute information for a plurality of subjects of assessment;
• perform a contextual analysis of said attribute information to generate a knowledge corpus containing propagation data indexed by subject of assessment;
• receiving distribution content and determine a subject of said distribution content;
• comparing said subject of said distribution content to said subjects of assessment to determine a similarity value;
• responsive to said similarity value exceeding a relevance threshold, determine that said distribution content is relevant to one of said subjects of assessment;
• responsive to determining said distribution content is relevant to one of said subjects of assessment, identify said relevant subject of assessment as a subject of focus;
• assess the propagation data for said subject of focus and determine an importance value for said distribution content;
• and
• make a dissemination recommendation for said distribution content related to said subject of focus based, at least in part, on said importance value.

A computer program product to assess propagation of distributed content relevant to a subject of focus in an information sharing network, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:

• receive, using said computer, a topical content data set from a plurality of topical information sources, said topical content data set containing attribute information for a plurality of subjects of assessment;
• perform, using said computer, a contextual analysis of said attribute information to generate a knowledge corpus containing propagation data indexed by subject of assessment;
• receiving, using said computer, distribution content and determine a subject of said distribution content;
• comparing, using said computer, said subject of said distribution content to said subjects of assessment to determine a similarity value;
• responsive, using said computer, to said similarity value exceeding a relevance threshold, determine that said distribution content is relevant to one of said subjects of assessment;
• responsive, using said computer, to determining said distribution content is relevant to one of said subjects of assessment, identify said relevant subject of assessment as a subject of focus;
• assess, using said computer, the propagation data for said subject of focus and determine an importance value for said distribution content;
• and
• make, using said computer, a dissemination recommendation for said distribution content related to said subject of focus based, at least in part, on said importance value.