Communication Networks

Monge, Peter R.; Margolin, Drew

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“…Decades of analytical and empirical research have contributed to the development of the theory, which now stands as a solid common ground spanning many disciplines (Carrington et al, 2005;Monge and Contractor, 2003;Newman et al, 2006;Wasserman and Faust, 1994;Watts, 2003). Communication offers one of the main avenues for interdependence, creating ties that bring individuals together and channels through which information flows.…”

Section: Network As Communication Structuresmentioning

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“…Recent political events -from the Arab Spring or the Occupy movement in 2011, to the more recent protests emerging in Turkey, Brazil andHong Kong (2013-2014) -have spurred much interest in how online technologies are helping coordinate large numbers of people in the absence of central organizations. Theoretical accounts of those events often rely on implicit assumptions about how online networks operate -assumptions that are rarely put to an empirical test and that are often not consistent with well-established findings in network science (Easley and Kleinberg, 2010;Newman, 2010;Newman et al, 2006;Watts, 2003) and the analysis of social networks (Carrington et al, 2005;Diani and McAdam, 2003;Kadushin, 2012;Monge and Contractor, 2003;Wasserman and Faust, 1994). This article applies the analytical tools of network theory to evaluate how online networks mediate collective action efforts.…”

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Networked discontent: The anatomy of protest campaigns in social media

2016

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a b s t r a c tWe analyze the communication network that emerged in social media around an international protest campaign launched in May 2012. Applying insights from network science and the theory of brokerage, we examine the cohesion of the network with community detection methods, and identify the users that spanned structural holes, creating bridges for potential information diffusion. We also analyze actual message exchange to assess how the network was used to facilitate the transmission of information. Our findings provide evidence of fragmentation in online communication dynamics, and of a distribution of brokerage opportunities that was both uneven and underexploited. We use these findings to assess recent theoretical claims about political protests in the digital age.

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Section: Network As Communication Structuresmentioning

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Networked discontent: The anatomy of protest campaigns in social media

2016

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“…The pursuit of explanations of change over time has been furthered by the development of a number of longitudinal methods that have drawn on agent-based computational models (see Monge and Contractor 2003). Tom Snijders (Snijders and van Duijn 1997;Snijders 2001Snijders , 2005 has developed an approach that sees the incremental adjustment of individual action to the changing network structure, resulting in a continuous-but often non-linearprocess of network development.…”

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Social network analysis: developments, advances, and prospects

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2010

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This paper reviews the development of social network analysis and examines its major areas of application in sociology. Current developments, including those from outside the social sciences, are examined and their prospects for advances in substantive knowledge are considered. A concluding section looks at the implications of data mining techniques and highlights the need for interdisciplinary cooperation if significant work is to ensue.

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“…However, while there is a compelling conceptual case for using network analysis in AAL evaluations, what exactly is meant by a network varies according to the research context, and several taxonomies of networks are available (Davies, 2005;Monge and Contractor, 2003;Scott, 2000). Although reiterating the full range of network definitions and analytical methodologies is beyond the scope of this paper, we suggest there are two interlinked questions that evaluators might consider to inform their approach: 1.…”

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Network-based approaches for evaluating ambient assisted living (AAL) technologies

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A network-based approach for evaluating ambient assisted living (AAL) technologies. Abstract.Ambient assisted living (AAL) technologies could support people experiencing physical or cognitive challenges, to and maintain social identities and complex activities of daily living.Although there has been substantial investment in developing AAL innovation, less effort has been devoted to understanding how to evaluate the impact of AAL on physical and mental health. Taking a theory-based evaluation approach, we suggest that AAL technologies rely on networks of people and organisations to function, and analysing the changing structure of networks can bridge the gap between socio-technological change and individual-level capabilities. We present conceptual arguments for taking a network perspective in AAL evaluations, illustrated with examples from our own group's work on technology use among older people with cognitive impairments. We then discuss the different evaluation questions that could be addressed by 'ego-centred' and 'global' network analysis. Finally, recognising the creative ways people mobilise technology for themselves, and the unanticipated effects of technology, we underline the importance of qualitative, observational, and ethnographic approaches in unpicking the processes of change brought about when new technologies are introduced.

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Communication Networks

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Networked discontent: The anatomy of protest campaigns in social media

Networked discontent: The anatomy of protest campaigns in social media

Social network analysis: developments, advances, and prospects

Network-based approaches for evaluating ambient assisted living (AAL) technologies

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