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A Tale of Two Networks: Women, Social Media, & Sustainability
The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) Seminar
presented by
Dr. Gillian Bowser
Research Scientist, Colorado State University
Sustainability, social media, and women are a unique combination. How do people network around concepts of sustainability, and what is the role of social media and social networks in particular? The Global Women Scholars Research Network uses the platform of the Commission for Sustainable Development, Rio+20 to look at how women network around a...
Related topics : social media network / global social networking / social networking research / social media research / social media audience engagement
Civil society, social movements, and mixed methods
In this lecture, Dr. Dana Fisher overviews the conceptual and methodological approaches used by sociologists to study civil society and social movements. She notes that the research focuses on organizational and institutional forms, as well as forms of action. She then presents an example of studying urban environmental stewardship to exemplify the use of mixed methods in studying civil society, and highlights the use of network analysis and survey methodologies. She also presents an example of...
Related topics : social network analysis survey examples / social movement media
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