Introduction to Exploring Social Network Structure with Visualization in R

This video is meant as an introductory excursion into using the research software R to explore social network structure through visualization. Examples of visualization by layout, by node arrangement, and by changing visual node characteristics are provided. Recorded for the University of Maine at Augusta.

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From: James Cook

Related topics : social networking visualization software / structure of social networks

Inferring animal social networks and leadership

We speak to Dr David Jacoby from ZSL, London about his recent research paper 'Inferring animal social networks and leadership: applications for passive monitoring arrays' recently published in our interdisciplinary journal, Interface. David and his co-authors provide the first evidence of long-term, spatially extensive social processes in wild sharks, and some of the results were rather surprising.

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From: The Royal Society

Related topics : social research network papers

Marc Smith, Social Media Research Foundation NodeXL Project

Marc Smith, co-founder and director of the NodeXL project, explains social network analysis to students at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The UNO Social Media Lab and Social Media Metrics course collaborate on research projects.

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From: Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

Related topics : research social media / network analysis social media / social media metrics / social media courses / analysis social networks

Social Networks: How Simple Parts Make Complex Systems, Part 1 - 2009

Explore social networks in this video from the University of Washington Department of Psychology's Allen L. Edwards Psychology Lecture Series. Dr. Jennifer Fewell, professor of Life Sciences at Arizona State University, shares her research on social insects as model research systems for exploring how individual behavior is integrated to yield complex, adaptive behavior at the group level.

Sheri Mizumori, PhD, professor and chair, Psychology, University of Washington

Jennifer H. Fewell, PhD,...

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From: UWTV

Related topics : social network system

The Impact of Social Networks on Innovation: The Case of European Regions

This research analyzes the relationship between the use of social networks and the generation of innovations in European regions through a production function of innovations using human capital, technological capital and virtual relational capital with the new theoretical approach. For this, it is estimated an econometric model of panel data for the period 2007-2011 and 190 European regions.

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From: Scientific Papers

Related topics : social innovation network

DII - Social Networks and Health

Dr. Tom Valente discusses the basics of social network analysis and the manner in which network data are collected and analyzed; he covers the past research that has been conducted in the field and shows how network factors can influence behavior; and shows new techniques for using network information to create programs that can speed behavior change within organizations and communities.

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From: UCLA CTSI

Related topics : analysis of social network data / analysis social networks / social networking research

Social networks make people less social (Debate)

This mini-debate was presented off-the-cuff - without preparation nor research - for fun in a frivolous environment.

Gerry and Dave went head to head to determine if, "Social networks make people less social." IMPORTANT: The participants were not defending their own true personal opinions in this exercise debate.

Originally presented on April 2nd, 2013: http://www.debating.ca/index.php/2013-04-02-marathon/

Toronto Debating Society | http://www.debating.ca

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From: torontodebating

Related topics : make your own social network

Triangulation 149: danah boyd

danah boyd is a social media scholar, youth researcher, and author of "It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens."

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From: Triangulation

Related topics : danah boyd social media / danah boyd social network

Designing Online Marketplaces

Susan Athey delivered this talk on May 8, 2015 at the Institute for Social Sciences conference series Leading Research in the Social Sciences Today. Athey is the economics of technology professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

The 2015 ISS conference series showcased world-class research by social scientists across UC Davis and by top researchers from across the country. Each day of the conference focused on a unique aspect of inquiry, including people in societies, perceptions...

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From: UC Davis Institute for Social Sciences

Related topics : social science network research

Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats, and Media Constructed A New American

G. Cristina Mora delivered this talk on April 24, 2015 at the Institute for Social Sciences conference series Leading Research in the Social Sciences Today. Mora is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.

The 2015 ISS conference series showcased world-class research by social scientists across UC Davis and by top researchers from across the country. Each day of the conference focused on a unique aspect of inquiry, including people in societies, perceptions and...

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From: UC Davis Institute for Social Sciences

Related topics : social science network research