SOC 8412
SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS
THEORIES & METHODS

SOC8412_Syllabus_Fall_2009.doc

SOC8412_Extended_Bibliography_2009.doc

SOC8412_Fall_2009_Student_Discussion_Leaders.doc

NETWORK THEORY LECTURES

     Sept 9:    INTRODUCTION_to_NETWORK_ANALYSIS.ppt
     Sept 16: NETWORK_THEORIES_BALANCE,_EXCHANGE_&_EMBEDDEDNESS.ppt
     Sept 23: COMMUNICATION_in_SMALL_GROUPS.ppt
     Sept 30: KIN,_FRIENDS,_COMMUNITY.ppt
     Oct   7:   SOCIAL_CAPITAL,_TRUST,_REPUTATION.ppt
     Oct 14:   SOCIAL_SUPPORT_&_HEALTH_NETWORKS.ppt
     Oct 21:   INTRAORGANIZATIONAL_NETWORKS_TEAMS_&_OCCUPATIONS.ppt
     Oct 28:   LEARNING_MIMESIS,_CONTAGION,_DIFFUSION.ppt
     Nov 4:    INTERORGANIZATIONAL_RELATIONS_STRATEGIC_ALLIANCES.ppt
     Nov 11: CONFLICT_SOCIAL_MOVEMENTS_&_COLLECTIVE_ACTION.ppt
     Nov 18: INFLUENCE_POLITICAL_AFFILIATION_&_ACTION.ppt
     Nov 25: -----
     Dec 2:    POWER_&_AUTHORITY_POLICY_NETS_&_LOBBYING.ppt
     Dec 9:    INTERNATIONAL_RELATIONS.ppt
     Dec 16: SMALL_WORLD_DYNAMICS_&_INTERNET.ppt

NETWORK METHODS TUTORIALS

     Sept 9:    Fundamentals_of_Social_Network_Analysis.doc
     Sept 16: Notation_for_Social_Network_Data.doc
                     ANALYZING_DATA_with_UCINET.doc
                     UCINET_6_User's_Guide.doc
     Sept 23: Graphs_and_Matrices.doc
     Sept 30: Centrality_and_Prestige.doc
     Oct   7:    Cohesive_Subgroups.doc
     Oct 14:    ------
     Oct 21:    Structural_Equivalence.doc
     Oct 28:    Blockmodels.doc
     Nov 4:     Network_Positions_&_Roles.doc
     Nov 11:   Affiliations_&_Overlapping_Subgroups.doc
     Nov 18:   Relational_Algebras.doc
     Dec 2:     Change_in_Network_Structure.doc
     Dec 16:   -----

ASSIGNMENTS

     Assignment #1 -- Due Sept 30: 2009_Network_Analysis_Assignment_1.doc
     Assignment #2 -- Due Oct 14:   2009_Network_Analysis_Assignment_2.doc
     Assignment #3 -- Due Oct 28: 2009_Network_Analysis_Assignment_3.doc
     Assignment #4 -- Due Nov 11:   2009_Network_Analysis_Assignment_4.doc
     Assignment #5 -- Due Dec 2:   2009_Network_Analysis_Assignment_5.doc
      Course Paper -- Due Dec 16

LINKS TO OTHER SITES:

INTRODUCTIONS TO NETWORK ANALYSIS:

Sociology 157 Social Network Analysis (Robert Hanneman)

Social Network Analysis: A Handbook (John Scott)

STRUCTURE 4.2 Reference Manual (Ronald Burt)

The Network Structure of Social Capital (Ronald Burt)

ASSOCIATIONS & SUMMER SCHOOLS:

INSNA (International Network for Social Network Analysis)

EGOS: Standing Group on Organizational Network Research

ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research

POLNET International Summer School

SOCNET mail list service

JOURNALS:

Social Networks

Journal of Social Structure

SOFTWARE & DATA:

Visone (Analysis and Visualization of Social Networks)

Wasserman & Faust's Datasets

Data on the Net

SIENA (Simulation Investigation for Empirical Network Analysis)

Pajek (Package for Large Network Analysis)

Gallery of Social Structures

Valdis Krebs' InFlow

TAKE A BREAK, HAVE SOME FUN:

Find Your Erdös Number

Find Friends, or Structural Equivalents Thereof, on the Web

Find a Terror-Free Vacation Site

View Dynamic WWW Structures in 3D (Ulrik Brandes)

Where did that $ bill go?

"A Series of Tubes"

6 degrees of Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon: You've Got Mail

DYADIC INTERACTION, THE BASIC NETWORK UNIT