Introduction to special issue: ethical dilemmas in social network research

Abstract The essay introduces MapTap, a research project that zooms in on the ever-changing social networks underpinning Flemish tapestry (1620 – 1720). MapTap develops the young and still slightly amorphous field of Formal Art Historical Social Network Research (FAHSNR) and is fueled by Cornelia, a custom-made database. Cornelia’s unique data model allows researchers to organize attribution and relational data from a wide array of sources in such a way that the complex multiplex and multimode networks emerging from the data can be transformed into partial unimode networks that enable proper FAHSNR. A case study revealing the key roles played by women in the tapestry landscape shows how this kind of slow digital art history can further our understanding of early modern creative communities and industries.

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Social Network Research contribution to evaluating process in a feasibility study of a peer-led and school-based sexual health intervention

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-90852-w ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Chiara Broccatelli ◽

Peng Wang ◽

Lisa McDaid ◽

Mark McCann ◽

Sharon Anne Simpson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Sexual Health ◽

Health Knowledge ◽

Complex Interventions ◽

Individual Characteristics ◽

Feasibility Trial ◽

Friendship Networks ◽

Intervention Delivery ◽

School Based ◽

Network Research

AbstractThere is growing interest in social network-based programmes to improve health, but rigorous methods using Social Network research to evaluate the process of these interventions is less well developed. Using data from the “STis And Sexual Health” (STASH) feasibility trial of a school-based, peer-led intervention on sexual health prevention, we illustrate how network data analysis results can address key components of process evaluations for complex interventions—implementation, mechanisms of impacts, and context. STASH trained students as Peer Supporters (PS) to diffuse sexual health messages though face-to-face interactions and online Facebook (FB) groups. We applied a Multilevel Exponential Random Graph modelling approach to analyse the interdependence between offline friendship relationships and online FB ties and how these different relationships align. Our results suggest that the creation of online FB communities mirrored offline adolescent groups, demonstrating fidelity of intervention delivery. Data on informal friendship networks related to student’s individual characteristics (i.e., demographics, sexual health knowledge and adherence to norms, which were included for STASH), contributed to an understanding of the social relational ‘building’ mechanisms that sustain tie-formation. This knowledge could assist the selection of opinion leaders, improving identification of influential peers situated in optimal network positions. This work provides a novel contribution to understanding how to integrate network research with the process evaluation of a network intervention.

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Participant engagement in environmentally focused social network research

Social Networks ◽

10.1016/j.socnet.2021.01.005 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 66 ◽

pp. 125-138

Author(s):

Lorien Jasny ◽

Jesse Sayles ◽

Matthew Hamilton ◽

Laura Roldan Gomez ◽

Derric Jacobs ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Participant Engagement ◽

Network Research

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Methodological issues in social support and social network research

Social Science & Medicine ◽

10.1016/0277-9536(88)90179-7 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 26 (8) ◽

pp. 863-873 ◽

Cited By ~ 133

Author(s):

Patrick O'Reilly

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Social Network ◽

Methodological Issues ◽

Network Research

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The coevolution of networks and health

Network Science ◽

10.1017/nws.2017.24 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 249-256 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

DAVID R. SCHAEFER ◽

JIMI ADAMS

Keyword(s):

Human Health ◽

Network Dynamics ◽

Future Research ◽

Special Issue ◽

Causal Explanations ◽

Network Research ◽

Literature Highlight ◽

The Relationship

Historically, health has played an important role in network research, and vice versa (Valente, 2010). This intersection has contributed to how we understand human health as well as the development of network concepts, theory, and methods. Throughout, dynamics have featured prominently. Even when limited to static methods, the emphasis in each of these fields on providing causal explanations has led researchers to draw upon theories that are dynamic, often explicitly. Here, we elaborate a variety of ways to conceptualize the relationship between health and network dynamics, show how these possibilities are reflected in the existing literature, highlight how the articles within this special issue expand that understanding, and finally, identify paths for future research to push this intersection forward.

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Hacia la complejidad por la vía de las redes. Nuevas lecciones epistemológicas

Desacatos Revista de Ciencias Sociales ◽

10.29340/28.520 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Carlos Reynoso

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Social Network ◽

Social Network Analysis ◽

Network Analysis ◽

Scale Free Network ◽

New Paradigm ◽

Scale Free ◽

Network Research ◽

Free Network

This paper sur veys the reciprocal impacts between Social Network Analysis and the new paradigm of complexity and chaos theories, as well as the emergence of scale-free network research in the twenty-first centur y. This study is embedded in the context of a histor y of the most momentous events in network theor y and practice , from Euler to Barabási, used as a star ting point to interrogate some critical epistemological issues from the viewpoint of contemporar y social sciences.

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Social Media Use and Innovations: Introduction to the Special Issue

The Journal of Media Innovations ◽

10.5617/jmi.v3i1.2862 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 1-3 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Petter Bae Brandtzaeg ◽

Asbjørn Følstad

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Social Network ◽

Civic Engagement ◽

Media Use ◽

Online Social Network ◽

Special Issue ◽

Social Media Use

This special issue on "Social media use and innovations" of the Journal of Media Innovation provides an engaging view into innovative uses of social media as well as approaches for utilizing social media in innovation. With three papers included, we cover experiences with an online social network for children (Stephanie Valentine and Tracy Hammond), design by youth for youth in projects on social media for civic engagement (Henry Mainsah, Petter Bae Brandtzaeg, and Asbjørn Følstad), and social platforms for corporate and community innovation (Marika Lüders).

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