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Workshops auf der General Online Research 05
1.) Titel des Workshops:
Social network analysis and its application to Internet research
Prof. Dr. Chris Snijders
(Eindhoven University of Technology)
2.) voraussichtliche Dauer des Workshops:
90 Minuten
3.) Preis (voll / ermäßigt):
40,- EUR (62,- CHF)/ 20,- EUR (31,- CHF)
4.) Zielgruppe(n):
Researchers / Ph. D. students with an interest in the application of social network analysis.
5.) Ist der Workshop nur auf ein exklusiv deutschsprachiges
oder auch auf ein internationales Publikum ausgerichtet?
Der Workshop richtet sich an ein internationales Publikum
6.) Workshop-Sprache:
Englisch
7.) Beschreibung der Inhalte des Workshops:
The main claim of social network analysis is that the way in which people (or organizations) interact is not only determined by properties of and circumstances surrounding the person, but also by the way in which persons (or organizations) are connected to others. This general idea, that it is not so much who you are, but who you know, has a long history in social and behavioral sciences, but has recently received more and more attention. One reason for this is that the rise of the Internet makes the importance of “ties between actors” more prominent. For instance, whereas receiving help or information used to be a matter of having a supportive family or neighborhood, this has now become much more a question of being able to use the right on-line means. A second reason for the rising interest in effects of (and on) social networks is that proper analysis of such data are a bit more difficult than is usual, and software that can deal with such analyses has only become available in the past couple of years. The workshop will cover the general idea of social networks in more detail. Which kinds of questions can one answer using social network analysis? And: how should one go about answering these questions?
8.) Lernziele:
Getting acquainted with the basics of social network analysis, and its application in Internet research.
9.) notwendige Vorkenntnisse der Teilnehmer:
No specialized knowledge is necessary. The focus is on research applications more than on business applications. Some background in quantitative analysis is useful to appreciate the flow of the argument (though no fancy statistics will be covered in the workshop).
10.) Literatur, die als bekannt vorausgesetzt
wird:
11.) sinnvolle Ergänzungsliteratur:
Will be supplied or referred to during the workshop.
12.) Kurz-Beschreibung des Ausrichters:
Chris Snijders is professor of Sociology at the Department of Technology and Policy of the
Eindhoven University of Technology. His research interests include trust and cooperation problems (between persons as well as organizations), reputation, decision support systems, the Internet and its effects on daily interaction, methodology, and statistics.
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