Six Degrees: from Kevin Bacon to Network Theory
The science of networks governs a wide variety of everyday phenomena from social interactions to biochemistry. This video provides a quick preview of what you will learn in "Linked" by Albert-Laszlo Barabsi (highly recommended). Learn about network theory through the fun to play "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" party game. Math and science buffs will enjoy the mathematical treatment of networks including power laws, small-world networks, graph theory and fractals.
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From: George Roberts III
Related topics : the small world theory of social network
2013 Everett M. Rogers Award Colloquium
Stanford Professor of Sociology Mark Granovetter is the recipient of the 2013 Everett M. Rogers Award.
Cited over 24,000 times, Granovetter's 1973 paper "The Strength of Weak Ties" is a social science classic and a milestone in network theory. Our close friends are strongly in touch with us and each other, he wrote, but our acquaintances -- weak ties -- are crucial bridges to other densely knit clumps of close friends. The more weak ties we have, the more in touch we are with ideas, fashions,...
From: USC Annenberg
Related topics : social network analysis theory / analysis of social networking