CTS 2013 tutorials

Abstract

This tutorial provides an overview of social network analysis (SNA) and demonstrates through theory and practical case studies its application to research on Weblogs and Social Media. This topic has grown in importance with the increasing popularity of social networking websites in particular (e.g. Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn etc.) and social computing in general. As people increasingly participate in online communities for social, commercial, and civic interaction, new methods are needed to study these phenomena. SNA is a valuable contribution to social media research providing a language and measures for sets of complex relationships created from patterns of online communication.