Keywords
Social Network Analysis (SNA)
WC196
WC196
Categories
How to Cite
Chaudhary, Anil Kumar, and Laura A. Warner. 2015. “Introduction to Social Network Research: Application of Social Network Analysis in Extension: AEC534/WC196, 2/2015”. EDIS 2015 (3). Gainesville, FL:4. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-wc196-2015.
Abstract
Viewed from a network perspective, we are all part of a network of relationships that is interwoven like a fishing net, providing both opportunities for and constraints on our behavior. Social network analysis (SNA) is a new approach to defining and describing society and its organizations and to assessing the impact of organizational structures. This 4-page fact sheet introduces Extension educators to possible ways to apply SNA in their work to plan and evaluate programs in a more efficient way. Written by Anil Kumar Chaudhary and Laura A. Warner, and published by the UF Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, February 2015.
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Borgatti, S. P., Everett, M.G., & Freeman, L. C. (2002). UCINET for Windows: Software for Social Network Analysis. Harvard, MA: Analytic Technologies.
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Scott, J., & Carrington, P. J. (2011). The Sage Handbook of Social Network Analysis. London: SAGE Publications.
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Vera, E. R., & Schupp, T. (2006). Network analysis in comparative social sciences. Comparative Education, 42(3), 405-429. https://doi.org/10.1080/03050060600876723
Wasserman, S., & Faust, K. (1994). Social Network Analysis: Methods and applications. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511815478
Williams, K. H. (2005). Social networks, social capital, and the use of information and communications technology in socially excluded communities: a study of community groups in Manchester, England (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Zack, M.H. (2000). Researching organizational systems using social network analysis. Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. doi: 10.1109/HICSS.2000.926933 https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2000.926933