This book was produced with a great deal of help from a lot of people. Many of the early
practitioners of the social network approach allowed themselves to be interviewed—either face-…

… , and applications of social network analysis are the topic of … social network analysis as a
distinct research perspective within the social and behavioral sciences; distinct because social …

… of social networks are given in Table 1. The underlying structure of such networks is the object
of study of social network analysis (… of interaction between social actors in social networks. …

… perspective rather than as the defining feature of network analysis. In our concluding section
we argue that social network analysis is best understood as a perspective within the social …

… are only a fraction of the social phenomena whose character can be illuminated by social
network analysis, but they are enough to establish that networks deserve to be taken seriously …

… numerous articles on social network analysis. Her current … social networks; the relationship
between social networks and demographic processes; and spatial aspects of social networks. …

… furthered our understanding of social networks and bettered social network analysis as a
method… , then titled Network Analysis by David Knoke, a key contributor to the network literature, …

… Social networks are formed between Web pages by hyperlinking to other … on social network
analysis ranging from pure mathematical analyses in graphs to analyzing the social networks …

… and thus a virtual social network, where each page can be regarded as a social actor and
each hyperlink as a relationship. Many of the results from social networks can be adapted and …

… boosted by the proliferation of social media web sites, and … social network analysis for those
interested in taking a first look at this area and oriented to use data mining in social networks…