Workshops during the German
Online Research 04
1.) title of the workshop:
Network Analysis in the field of Internet research
2.) duration of the workshop
90 min
3.) workshop fees:
25 Euro / 15 Euro
4.) target groups:
Researchers and students who want to to get insights
into the capabilities of network analysis for
the field of internet research.
5.) Is the workshop prepared for an exclusively
German language or an international audience?
It is prepared for an international audience
6.) workshop language
English or German (dependent on the compositin
of the audience)
7.) Description of the content of the workshop:
Practical internet social network research will
be introduced by making use of a number of examples
.
The following topics will be at order during the
workshop:
Differences between the analysis of attributive
survey data and relational network data.
Several forms of network analysis, their characterisation,
data collection and results:
ego-centered networks
Connectivity related network analysis
Positional network analysis
These three different views will be explained
in a practical way, that is based on examples.
We will show two examples for positional network
analysis: 1. Virtual communities - mailing lists;
2. Overlapping of memberships in a system of scientific
mailing lists.
The procedure of analysing a social network will
be demonstrated in the workshop.All participants
will receive a CD with programs for network analysis,
relevant articles and exemplary data for further
work on their own.
8.) goals of the workshop:
Studying the fundamental differences between
attributive and relational research methods.
To get ideas for the generation of research questions
and their realisation with network analysis and
data from the internet.
9.) necessary previous knowledge:
Methodological basic knowledge.
10.) literature that has to be read for participation:
11.) additional literature
Schweizer, Thomas, 1996, Muster sozialer Ordnung.
Netzwerkanalyse als Fundament der Sozialethnologie.
Berlin. Dietrich Reimer.
Stegbauer, Christian, 2001, Grenzen virtueller
Gemeinschaft. Strukturen internetbasierter Kommunikationsgruppen.
Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag.
Faust, Katherine; Wasserman, Stanley, 1992, Blockmodels:
Interpretation and Evaluation. Social Networks
14: 5-61.
12.) information about the workshop organizer:
Dr. Christian Stegbauer is Privatdozent (Sociology)
at Frankfurt University.Alexander Rausch works
as Research Associate (Mathematician) in the University
Computer Centre.
13.) email address for registration of participants:
stegbauer@soz.uni-frankfurt.de
+ u.matzat@tm.tue.nl