The History of Social Network Analysis

2017 ◽  
pp. 11-39
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Social network analysis and festival cities: an exploration of concepts, literature and methods

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Jarman ◽  
Eleni Theodoraki ◽  
Hazel Hall ◽  
Jane Ali-Knight
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Dynamic Environments ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Secondary Material ◽  
Tourism Studies ◽  
History Of

Purpose – Social network analysis (SNA) is an under-utilised framework for research into festivals and events. The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the history of SNA and explore its key concepts, in order that they might be applied to festivals and their environments. Design/methodology/approach – Secondary material underpins the paper, primarily SNA literature, tourism studies research and festival industry publications. Findings – Festival cities offer dynamic environments in which to investigate the workings of social networks. The importance of such networks has long been recognised within the industry, yet there is scant reflection of this in the event studies literature. Uses of SNA in tourism studies publications offer some precedents. Originality/value – This paper emphasises the importance of relationships between people in a festival economy, complementing and building upon stakeholder analyses. A research method is proposed, suitable for application across a diverse range of festivals and events.

Yours sincerely and yours affectionately

2004 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annemieke Bijkerk
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Research Model ◽  
John Gay ◽  
History Of

This article explores the history of yours sincerely and yours affectionately as closing formulas in letters. It focuses especially on the rise of the formulas in the eighteenth century, tracing their origin as positive politeness devices which took the place of the pragmatised standard epistolary formula Your most obedient humble servant. The article will also try to find evidence for John Gay (1685–1732), writer and poet, being a linguistic innovator in terms of the research model of social network analysis as developed by Leslie Milroy (1987). It will be argued that John Gay might have been responsible for the adoption and subsequent spread in usage of the formula within his own social network, comprising Pope, Swift and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

scholarly journals When links build networks: brief history about the Antropocaos Group

AWARI ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Eduardo Miceli ◽  
Mora Castro ◽  
Diego Diaz Cordova
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Research Management ◽  
Methodological Choices ◽  
Computational Environment ◽  
History Of ◽  
Analysis Application

The Antropocaos Group of the Universidad de Buenos Aires has been working on topics related to Social Network Analysis and other complexity algorithms for more than 20 years. This article reviews some of the team’s productions lines of work and the more frequent methodological choices. To this end, we outlined a brief history of our formation in the university cloisters, from the beginning of the 1990s to the present day. We emphasize the empirical topics addressed by the group, in order to highlight both the conceptual variability and the methodological unity regarding different areas of Social Network Analysis application. A section is dedicated specifically to those studies where we implemented simulation models and the possibility to observe reticular phenomena in a controlled computational environment. The next section shows different areas in which the members of Antropocaos currently carry out their activities and apply reticular methods, including academic research, management, and public administration, and different sorts of consultancies. Finally, we point toward some guidelines about the future of the group, as well as the lines of research that are just being started, related to algorithms of Artificial Intelligence, as well as our long-standing commitment to disseminate the Social Networks Analysis methodology.

How Should We Study Relational Structure? Critically Comparing the Epistemological Positions of Social Network Analysis and Field Theory

Sociology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 762-778
Author(s):  
Sourabh Singh
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Social Ties ◽  
Relational Structure ◽  
History Of ◽  
Epistemological Position ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Epistemological Break

I argue that the main difference between two schools of relational sociology – field theory and social network analysis – lies in the difference between their respective epistemological stances rather than between their ontological assumptions. While social network analysts have developed sophisticated quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods, they epistemologically rely on their commonsensical understanding of relational structure. In contrast, field theorists are expected to study relational structure by making an epistemological break from their commonsensical understanding of relational structure. Social network analysts’ epistemological position reveals only social ties as the form of relational structure. Field theory’s epistemological position reveals multiple forms of relational structure, including but not limited to those formed by social ties. The main lesson to be learned is that relational sociologists must develop their notion of relational structure by investigating the history of contests among field actors over the meaning of being a member of their field.

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