Social network studies Basics of Social Networks Analysis

“Social network studies” = Basics of Social Networks Analysis (SNA) + Some interesting examples in different domains

What are we going to do during the course? - We are going to discuss research articles written within SNA tradition with special attention to: (1) Research questions within SNA (2) Sampling procedures (3) Data sources (BIG and small data) (4) Calculation & Interpretation of network measures We are going to apply this measures to the data of your choice and discuss your results & interpretation in class.

What are we going to study? Cases Measures Dark/criminal/conspiracy networks Networks of prison inmates Marriage & Business Ties in Renaissance Florence Networks of drama theater managers Centrality & centralization: Degree Closeness Edge&Point Betweenness Bonacich Power Eigenvector etc. Equivalent positions & Block modelling Networks in Movies Industry Core-Periphery models Managerial Networks in Big Corporations Ego-networks Structural holes Brokerage Race/ethnicity in networks Networks of Web protests Terrorist networks Romanic & Sexual Networks of Teenagers Network models of infection Broadway Production Networks Constraint Efficiency Subgroups Homophily Cut Points and Vulnerability Network structure: inverse co-periphery, community, spanning tree Small World Phenomenon