Social Networks and Terrorism

2011 ◽  
pp. 232-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Knoke
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Recent Case ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Tools And Methods

This chapter explains how international terror networks, consisting of individuals and organizations spanning countries and continents, form and evolve. It describes tools and methods used by social network analysts to study such networks; their applications by counterterrorist organizations; their limitations and problems in data collection and analysis; and directions for future research. It also discusses a few recent case studies by prominent researchers.

scholarly journals Suspicious and fraudulent online survey participation: Introducing the REAL framework

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 205979912110504
Author(s):  
Jennifer Lawlor ◽  
Carl Thomas ◽  
Andrew T Guhin ◽  
Kendra Kenyon ◽  
Matthew D Lerner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Survey Participation ◽  
Guiding Questions

Online survey research has significantly increased in popularity in recent years. With its use, researchers have a new set of concerns about data collection and analysis to consider, including the possibility of fraudulent survey submissions. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate to survey researchers an innovative and systematized process for addressing online survey fraud over the course of collecting survey data, especially when respondents collect incentives for participation. We provide the Reflect, Expect, Analyze, Label Framework, which includes four sets of guiding questions for use by online survey researchers to plan for addressing survey fraud and making determinations about the inclusion or exclusion of participant submissions from the dataset based on level of suspicion. We also provide a full case example utilizing the Reflect, Expect, Analyze, Label Framework as an appendix. Those wanting to apply the Reflect, Expect, Analyze, Label Framework should keep in mind several considerations as they apply it, including determining logistical needs ahead of survey implementation, considering the ethical issues related to including or excluding data in a study, and considering the issues related to providing incentives for participating in research. Future research should assess the frequency of survey fraud, investigate the reasons for its occurrence and explore the role social networks may play in fraudulent participants sharing information. We suggest that researchers consider online survey fraud as an issue over the lifespan of their survey and apply the guiding questions we present to address the issue throughout.

Networking as a Job-Search Behavior and Career Management Strategy

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica L. Forret
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Search Behavior ◽  
Career Management ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Job Search Behavior ◽  
New Jobs

Networking is often cited as a key to job-search success; however, relatively little scholarly research on networking as a job-search behavior exists. The purpose of this chapter is to review the literature on networking and its relevance for job-search success and career management more broadly. The use of networking for both obtaining new jobs at different employers as well as advancing upward in one’s current organization is considered. This chapter describes the importance of networking for developing career competencies, how networking can enhance a job seeker’s social network, and barriers faced by women and minorities in building their social networks. The multiple ways in which networking has been measured are described, along with the antecedents and outcomes of networking behavior pertinent to job seekers. This chapter discusses the implications of networking as a job-search behavior for job seekers, career counselors, and organizations and concludes with future research suggestions for scholars.

scholarly journals Social Network Analysis Visualization

2015 ◽  
pp. 257-270
Author(s):  
Mohana Shanmugam ◽  
Yusmadi Yah Jusoh ◽  
Rozi Nor Haizan Nor ◽  
Marzanah A. Jabar
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Online Social Network ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Gaps ◽  
The Social ◽  
Network Studies ◽  
Academic Study

The social network surge has become a mainstream subject of academic study in a myriad of disciplines. This chapter posits the social network literature by highlighting the terminologies of social networks and details the types of tools and methodologies used in prior studies. The list is supplemented by identifying the research gaps for future research of interest to both academics and practitioners. Additionally, the case of Facebook is used to study the elements of a social network analysis. This chapter also highlights past validated models with regards to social networks which are deemed significant for online social network studies. Furthermore, this chapter seeks to enlighten our knowledge on social network analysis and tap into the social network capabilities.

scholarly journals Determining the proximity of groups in social networks based on text analysis using big data

2019 ◽  
pp. 521-526
Author(s):  
A S Mukhin ◽  
I A Rytsarev ◽  
R A Paringer ◽  
A V Kupriyanov ◽  
D V Kirsh
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Text Data ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information Research ◽  
Definition Of

The article is devoted to the definition of such groups in social networks. The object of the study was selected data social network Vk. Text data was collected, processed and analyzed. To solve the problem of obtaining the necessary information, research was conducted in the field of optimization of data collection of the social network Vk. A software tool that provides the collection and subsequent processing of the necessary data from the specified resources has been developed. The existing algorithms of text analysis, mainly of large volume, were investigated and applied.

scholarly journals RECOLHA E ANÁLISE DE DADOS NUMA PERSPECTIVA FENOMENOLÓGICA: registros das redes sociais como corpus documental numa investigação em educação

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Mônica Wendhausen ◽  
Sônia Maria Martins de Melo ◽  
Rui Marques Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Redes Sociales ◽  
Educational Project ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Phenomenological Perspective ◽  
Investigación Cualitativa ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Project Data

A pesquisa fenomenológica numa investigação qualitativa é peculiar por trazer ao campo epistemológico a lógica da compreensão do fenômeno em si por meio de num exercício exaustivo de redução, na busca da essência do fenômeno no momento em que ele acontece. O desafio neste estudo ainda vai mais além: realizar as reduções por meio das primeiras recolhas e análises de dados de postagens realizadas em dois grupos criados no Facebook, de duas Turmas de escolares participantes de um Projeto Educativo intitulado Projeto Aprender a Conhecer: Pesquisar de Corpo Inteiro (PAC), que ocorre numa Escola Pública Brasileira, objeto desta investigação. Diante disso, este artigo apresenta um pequeno extrato de um doutoramento em curso. Os resultados apontaram que uma análise fenomenológica de documentos virtuais requer um olhar bastante criterioso, bem como a necessidade da utilização de um enxerto-hermenêutico, que no nosso ponto de vista, permitiu emergir as primeiras tendências da análise. Enfim, as asserções desvelaram a categoria participação como um dos elementos que poderá levar todos os envolvidos no projeto a aprender juntos, mas também, as contradições em relação ao entendimento e compreensão do tipo de participação dos estudantes no projeto, que ora parece tutelada/ restrita, ora parece plena/ativa. Tal tendência parece-nos essencial para a compreensão do PAC e sua influência na construção de num novo espaço/tempo de fazer escola.Palavras-chave: Pesquisa qualitativa. Método fenomenológico. Redes sociais. Projeto educativo. Recolha e análise de dados. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS IN A PHENOMENOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: registration of social networks as a documentary corpus in an investigation in educationAbstractA Phenomenological research in a qualitative investigation is peculiar to bring to the epistemological field the logic of the understanding of the phenomenon in itself through an exhaustive exercise of reduction, in search of the essence of the phenomenon at the moment in which it happens. The challenge in this study goes even further: to carry out the reductions through the first collection and analysis of data from postings made in two groups created on Facebook, from two classes of schoolchildren participating in the Educational Project “Learning to Know: research with Whole Body”, which occurs in a Brazilian Public School, object of this study. Therefore, this article presents a small extract of an ongoing PhD. The results point out that a phenomenological analysis of virtual documents requires a very critical observation as well as the need to use a hermeneutic-graft, which in our view allowed us to emerge the first trends of analysis. Finally, the assertions revealed the participation category as one of the elements that could lead all involved in the project to learn together, but also, the contradictions regarding the understanding and comprehension of the type of students' participation in the project, which sometimes seems to be supervised / restricted , sometimes seems full / active. Such a trend seems to us essential for the understanding of the PAC and its influence on the construction of a new space / time to do school.          Keywords: Qualitative Research. Phenomenological Method. Social Networks. Educational Project. Data Collection And Analysis. RECOGIDA Y ANÁLISIS DE DATOS DESDE UNA PERSPECTIVA FENOMENOLÓGICA: registros de las redes sociales como corpus documental en una investigación en educaciónResumenLa investigación fenomenológica en una investigación cualitativa es peculiar por traer al campo epistemológico la lógica de la comprensión del fenómeno en sí, por medio de un ejercicio exhaustivo de reducción, en la búsqueda de la esencia del fenómeno en el momento en que sucede. El desafío en este estudio va aún más allá: realizar las reducciones por medio de las primeras recogidas y análisis de datos de publicaciones realizadas en dos grupos creados en Facebook, de dos clases de escolares participantes en un proyecto educativo titulado: “Proyecto Aprender a Conocer: Investigar de Cuerpo Entero (PAC)”, que se desarrolla en una Escuela Pública Brasileña, objeto de esta investigación. Por lo que este artículo presenta un pequeño extracto de un doctorado en curso. Los resultados apuntan a que un análisis fenomenológico de documentos virtuales requiere una mirada bastante cuidadosa, así como, se refiere la necesidad de la utilización de un injerto-hermenéutico, que desde nuestro punto de vista, permitió emerger las primeras tendencias del análisis. Finalmente, los hallazgos revelaron la categoría participación como uno de los elementos que podría llevar a todos los involucrados en el proyecto, a aprender juntos, pero también, se desvelaron las contradicciones en relación al entendimiento y a la comprensión del tipo de participación de los estudiantes en el proyecto, que ahora parece estar supervisada / restringida, y completa / activa. Dicha tendencia nos parece esencial para la comprensión del PAC y su influencia en la construcción de un nuevo espacio / tiempo para hacer escuela.Palabras clave: Investigación cualitativa. Método fenomenológico. Redes sociales. Proyecto Educativo. Recogida y análisis de datos.

Analysing Famine

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-27
Author(s):  
Daniel Maxwell ◽  
Peter Hailey
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Severe Malnutrition ◽  
The Political ◽  
Excess Death ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Technical Capacity

Famine means destitution, increased severe malnutrition, disease, excess death and the breakdown of institutions and social norms. Politically, it means a failure of governance – a failure to provide the most basic of protections. Because of both its human and political meanings, ‘famine’ can be a shocking term. This is turn makes the analysis – and especially declaration – of famine a very sensitive subject. This paper synthesises the findings from six case studies of the analysis of extreme food insecurity and famine to identify the political constraints to data collection and analysis, the ways in which these are manifested, and emergent good practice to manage these influences. The politics of information and analysis are the most fraught where technical capacity and data quality are the weakest. Politics will not be eradicated from analysis but can and must be better managed.

Design-Based Case Study

2018 ◽  
pp. 50-62
Author(s):  
Cynthia C. M. Deaton ◽  
Jacquelynn A. Malloy
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Design Based Research ◽  
Study Research ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Instructional Innovations

Design-based case studies allow researchers to examine instructional innovations that are bounded by perspective, context, and time. Design-based case study is an approach that blends case study research with design-based research in order to more systematically examine the process and products of an intervention. This approach provides a framework for engaging in iterative cycles of data collection and analysis to determine if, how, and why goals of instructional innovations have been met. This chapter provides an overview of the design-based case study approach and responds to common concerns surrounding case study and design-based research and how design-based case studies address these concerns by building on the strengths of both approaches.

scholarly journals GRANDPARENT CAREGIVERS: THE RELATION BETWEEN SOCIAL NETWORKS AND RESILIENCE

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S678-S679
Author(s):  
Nancy Mendoza ◽  
Christine Fruhauf
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Grandparent Caregivers ◽  
New Information ◽  
Multiple Challenges ◽  
Using Data

Abstract Grandparents raising grandchildren experience multiple challenges as they take on the unexpected role of caring for their grandchildren, which usually occurs under stressful and stigmatizing conditions. Many of the challenges grandparents experience are well documented in the research. Less attention is given to understanding how a grandparent caregiver’s social network changes when s/he becomes a caregiver and how her/his social network influences resilience. Thus, the purpose of this study was to use social network analysis (SNA) to examine the relation between social networks and resilience in grandparents raising their grandchildren. This was done by conducting face-to-face interviews with twenty grandparents raising grandchildren after they completed a survey measuring social support, social isolation, and resilience. The interview protocol included questions related to participants’ social network, social support, and services. Prior to the interviews, using data from the surveys participants were identified as representing one of four resilience quadrants: resilient, maladaptive, competent, and vulnerable. Qualitative analysis of grandparent’s social networks across groups indicated resilient grandparent caregivers’ networks were structured in a way that provided more opportunities for the inflow of new information and resources. Whereas the proportion of professionals in maladaptive grandparent caregivers’ networks tended to be less than for other networks. This could suggest that for grandparent caregivers, having professionals in one’s network can be beneficial. Findings from the current study provide opportunities for future research such as identifying ways to help grandparent caregivers structure their social networks to promote resilience.

scholarly journals Purposive sampling: complex or simple? Research case examples

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (8) ◽  
pp. 652-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Campbell ◽  
Melanie Greenwood ◽  
Sarah Prior ◽  
Toniele Shearer ◽  
Kerrie Walkem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Individual Case ◽  
Sampling Strategies ◽  
Developmental History ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis

Background Purposive sampling has a long developmental history and there are as many views that it is simple and straightforward as there are about its complexity. The reason for purposive sampling is the better matching of the sample to the aims and objectives of the research, thus improving the rigour of the study and trustworthiness of the data and results. Four aspects to this concept have previously been described: credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability. Aims The aim of this paper is to outline the nature and intent of purposive sampling, presenting three different case studies as examples of its application in different contexts. Results Presenting individual case studies has highlighted how purposive sampling can be integrated into varying contexts dependent on study design. The sampling strategies clearly situate each study in terms of trustworthiness for data collection and analysis. The selected approach to purposive sampling used in each case aligns to the research methodology, aims and objectives, thus addressing each of the aspects of rigour. Conclusions Making explicit the approach used for participant sampling provides improved methodological rigour as judged by the four aspects of trustworthiness. The cases presented provide a guide for novice researchers of how rigour may be addressed in qualitative research.

scholarly journals The Absence of Close Social Network Connections: A Case Study Investigation in Social Isolation

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 170-170
Author(s):  
Raeann LeBlanc ◽  
Rachel Walker
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Network Effects ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Older Age ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Social Connection ◽  
Multiple Data

Abstract Social isolation is an emerging phenomenon known to significantly influence health outcomes and carries specific risk in older age. As part of a larger study exploring the social network effects on health among persons age 65 and above, it was found that four cases from a larger sample (n=89) could not name any one from their social relationships supportive to them in managing their health while living with complex chronic health needs. In addressing these findings, these cases, bounded spatially by individual social networks and temporally by the time of the study interview, served the basis for intensive analysis using multiple data points from in-depth interviews and survey measures. Measures included descriptive data (social networks, demographics) and measures of health (SF-12), and social support (MOS-SSS). Each participant case identified as female gender and single, three lived alone, had a high burden of chronic conditions and poor health. All had recent hospitalizations (1 or more within the past year). The structures of their social networks varied in type of relationship roles and size. Social support was perceived overall as low. This study offers a specific contribution to research on social connection/isolation. This phenomenon is relative to specific contexts. Findings emphasize that social isolation can be specific to certain aspects of identity and poorer health in older age. Additional research on the functions and qualities of social networks, in addition to the structure, are important to specify in future research and knowledge development for practice assessment to determine social connection and isolation.

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