Colloquium for September 30, 2008
Description:
Social network analysis is a method of research using data to analyze relationships between individuals, organizations, committees and driving the concept is the idea that social networks are fundamentally a part of any group or community. The people who know each other, and, in turn, know others present a web of power and knowledge. Theoretically, these connections and relationships speak volumes about our society and the individual players, or actors, themselves. This field is very popular amongst social scientists, and even journalists have begun to use it. However, the field is rooted deeply in mathematics - namely graph theory. This presentation will provide an introduction to the basic concepts social network analysis, some of its fundamental ideas in graph theory and an overview of software used to perform the analysis. It will also look at several applications of social network analysis, including analyzing a few datasets.
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Contact Channa Navaratna <channa@iup.edu>, 724-357-4762, for more information.
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