scholarly journals Civil Society as Networks of Issues and Associations: The Case of Food

2021 ◽  
pp. 149-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Diani ◽  
Henrik Ernstson ◽  
Lorien Jasny
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Communicative Practices ◽  
Civic Organizations ◽  
Collective Goods ◽  
Civil Society Networks

AbstractScholars usually conceptualize civil society as both a discursive and an associational space. In the former, focus is on communicative practices; in the latter, attention shifts to the actors that cooperate or clash about the identification and production of collective goods. In this chapter, we sketch the contours of an approach to civil society that treats both dimensions in an integrated way. Looking at the role of food issues in urban settings as diverse as Cape Town, Bristol, and Glasgow, we borrow from social network analysis to explore first, how civic organizations combine an interest in food-related issues with attention to other themes, thus defining different, specific agendas; next, we ask if and how interest in food identifies specific clusters of cooperation within broader civil society networks.

Politics of hashtags: Social network analysis of online contestation in the 2019 Indonesia presidential election

2021 ◽  
pp. 151-170
Author(s):  
Caroline Paskarina ◽  
Rina Hermawati Nuraeni
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Public Issues ◽  
Strategic Role

This article uses social network analysis of online contestation on Twitter from September 2018 to April 2019 to reveal how netizens' engagement in election de-bates is polarized by the politics of hashtags. This study finds that hashtags are operated to construct dichotomist debate focusing on both presidential candi-dates' figure. This finding indicates: first, the weak position of citizens in deliberat-ing public issues; second, the ineffectiveness of social media, especially Twitter as an online forum for articulating public issues; and third, online influencers, who create and propagate hashtags, play a strategic role in deliberating public issues. Strengthening the role of social media needs to be combined with contemporary citizenship political strategies that can extend access for civil society and online influencers to play an active role in articulating public issues more argumentative-ly.

The role of perceived bullying norms in friendship dynamics: An examination of friendship selection and influence on bullying and victimization

2019 ◽  
pp. 016502541986853
Author(s):  
Huiyoung Shin
Keyword(s):  
Elementary Schools ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Peer Nominations ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Friendship Selection

The current study examined whether youth’s perceived bullying norms play a role in friendship dynamics related to bullying and victimization among the fifth and sixth grade ( N = 736, 52% girls at Wave 1, N = 677, 52% girls at Wave 2) in elementary schools. Youth completed peer nominations (friendship, bullying, and victimization) and a self-reported measure of perceived bullying norms in the classroom. With longitudinal social network analysis (RSiena), this study investigated selection and influence of friends in bullying and victimization as well as the moderating role of perceived bullying norms in these processes. Results indicated that high bullying youth received many friendship nominations and tended to be more influenced by high bullying friends. In addition, highly victimized youth tended to form friendships with highly victimized peers, and youth whose friends are highly victimized became highly victimized themselves over time. As hypothesized, youth’s perceived bullying norms moderated these processes. As youth perceived higher bullying norms, the greater was the tendency for high bullying youth to select high bullying peers as friends and to be influenced by high bullying friends. Likewise, friend influence on victimization was magnified when youth perceived high bullying norms. The current study underscores the importance of youth’s perceived bullying norms in friendship dynamics of bullying and victimization.

scholarly journals The role of social network analysis on participation and placemaking

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 118-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Alvarez ◽  
Katharina Borsi ◽  
Lucelia Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis

Foregrounding the role of relationships in reform

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 819-837 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Hwa Liou ◽  
Alan J. Daly ◽  
Chris Brown ◽  
Miguel del Fresno
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Social Network Theory ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Aspect ◽  
Content Type

Purpose – The role of relationships in the process of leadership and change is central, yet the social aspect of the work of reform is often background in favor of more technical approaches to improvement. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to argue that social network theory and analysis provides a useful theory and set of tools to unpack the complex social work of leadership. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper the authors begin by reviewing social network theory in education to date. The authors identify strengths and gap areas and use findings and data from existing social network studies of educational leadership to highlight major concepts. Findings – Along with empirical examples, the paper proposes four important strands of social network analysis for future research in educational leadership: multiplex networks; multi-mode networks; longitudinal networks; and real time networks. Originality/value – This paper builds on recent scholarship using social network analysis in educational leadership and suggests that social network theory and methods provides unique and important analytic purchase in the study of educational leadership.

scholarly journals Examining Inter-organizational Network During Emergency Response of Gunungkidul Drought 2019

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 224
Author(s):  
Agung Wicaksono
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Emergency Response ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Drought Disaster ◽  
And Control

Drought is a disaster that often occurs in Gunungkidul Regency, where the condition was exacerbated by the occurrence of a long drought in 2019 (BMKG, 2019). Beside climatic and geological factors, drought is also caused by the involvement of multi-stakeholders, including local governments in managing drought emergency conditions. This research presented a case study on drought disaster management in Gunungkidul in 2019, where qualitative and social network analysis research methods were applied. Social network analysis was used to examine the central actors of the organizations involved in drought management and the role of networks in these levels of government. Meanwhile, qualitative methods were used to explore the factors influencing the network. The results show that the central actors during the emergency response were BPBD, PMI, and PDAM of Gunungkidul Regency. Meanwhile, the role of inter-organizational networks at the district level had been optimized by performing command and control over developments in the situation, involving community organizations and business institutions. Furthermore, on the factors affecting the network, everything had been maximized except two factors that were still lacking, including partnerships and the use of sophisticated information technology.

scholarly journals Institutions and Civil Society Relations in Migori County (Kenya): A Social Network Analysis of Weak and Strong Ties

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Teodora Erika Uberti ◽  
Francesco Salsano
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Policy Networks ◽  
Civil Society Organizations ◽  
Strong Ties ◽  
The Core ◽  
Health And Nutrition ◽  
Core Actor

The goal of this paper is to investigate policy networks in Migori, a small county in the Western part of Kenya, near the border with Tanzania and Victoria Lake. In this study we build a unique network database and we use Social Network Analysis techniques to detect the structural relations among different stakeholders (e.g. institutions and civil society actors) within this county and we focus on different topics (i.e. overall interactions, training and cooperation, and for specific decision making on health and nutrition, and agricultural issues). The main results show the importance to distinguish, in policy networks, the rationale of interactions and their intensity, i.e. weak or strong ties. Institutions and civil society organizations are differently connected according to the functions and intensity of networks in which they operate. For example, for health and nutrition the Ministry is the core actor; the opposite occurs in agriculture, where local communities are the core players; and finally in training and coordination we have an intermediate layout, if compared to the two previous ones.

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