This article reviews the basic concepts of Social Network Analysis (SNA) and its uses in
theoretical and empirical planning literature. Continuing a discussion among planning …

This book is principally intended for social scientists wanting to undertake social network
research. It assumes the reader already knows a thing or two (perhaps even a lot) about …

Stochastic actor-based models are models for network dynamics that can represent a wide
variety of influences on network change, and allow to estimate parameters expressing such …

Previous research on personality traits and political attitudes has largely focused on the
direct relationships between traits and ideological self-placement. There are theoretical …

This updated third edition presents a wide-scale, interdisciplinary guide to social media.
Examining platforms like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter and …

Social networks play a prominent role in the explanation of many political phenomena.
Using data from a nationally representative survey of registered voters conducted around …

Investigations of American politics have increasingly turned to analyses of political networks
to understand public opinion, voting behavior, the diffusion of policy ideas, bill sponsorship …

Background Twitter is a popular short messaging service available through Web page,
desktop and mobile software. Built on a restricted set of features including public timeline …

Networks are omnipresent in our natural and social world, and they are at the heart of
politics. Relationships of many types drive political institutions, processes, and decision …

Legislative member organizations (LMOs)—such as caucuses in the US Congress and
intergroups in the European Parliament—exist in lawmaking bodies around the world …