Synonyms
Glossary
- Consumer:
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An individual or organization that uses a commodity or service
- Digital data:
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Digitally sourced and/or published statistics or items of information
- Research:
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Systematic inquiry or investigation
- Social network:
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Facilitates communication, provided by a network of related linkages
Definition
The term “social network analysis” (SNA) provides an increasingly overarching research context for scholars, as well as policy makers, industry, commercial organizations, and the public sector. It refers not only to an integrated set of theoretical concepts and analytic methods but intends to explain a whole set of relationships and their variations as these are defined by “a specific set of linkages” and their “additional property” (Mitchell 1969, p. 2).
Introduction
This chapter reports on the description and development of SNA in an age of digital information. The intention is to...
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Hardey, M. (2017). Social Network Analysis in an Age of Digital Information. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7163-9_403-1
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