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Social network research constitutes one of the most rapidly expanding academic areas and is emerging as an increasingly popular paradigm for social psychological inquiry. A social network perspective emphasizes the importance of social ties among actors in shaping individual behavior, and at the same time, focuses on the processes by which networks emerge out of, and mold, social interaction. Here we discuss basic principles and key theories associated with a network framework, and describe and illustrate elementary concepts, such as “weak ties” and centrality. We review applications in such areas as friendship, aggression, health, social support, social influence, small groups, close relationships, and the growing field of Internet network ties. We end with a call for greater attention to the “dark side” of network connections, a focus on the dynamic mechanisms by which networks influence microlevel behavior, and increased integration of network scholarship with core social psychology theories and constructs.

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    1“Snowball” network studies, where a seed population of focal actors is interviewed about their ties, who are then interviewed about their ties, and so on, are something of a hybrid approach. Depending on the size of the population from which the seeds are drawn and how many links away that data are collected, snowball designs can sometimes approximate global network data.

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  1. Department of Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, 211 Oswald Tower, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    Diane Felmlee Ph.D.

  2. Department of Sociology, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616, USA

    Robert Faris Ph.D.

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Felmlee, D., Faris, R. (2013). Interaction in Social Networks. In: DeLamater, J., Ward, A. (eds) Handbook of Social Psychology. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6772-0_15

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