Social Network Analysis
3rd Edition
Published on 19. November 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-1-4462-0904-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Third Edition of this best-selling text has been fully revised and updated to include coverage of the many developments on social network analysis (SNA) over the last decade. Written in a clear and accessible style, the book introduces these topics to newcomers and non-specialists and gives sufficient detail for more advanced users of social network analysis. Throughout the book, key ideas are discussed in relation to the principal software programs available for SNA. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the field, outlining both its theoretical basis and its key techniques. Drawing from the core ideas of points, lines and paths, John Scott builds a framework of network analysis that covers such measures as density, centrality, clustering, centralisation, and spatialisation. He identifies the various types of clique, component, and circle into which networks are formed, and he outlines an approach to socially structured positions within networks. A completely new chapter in this edition discusses recent work on network dynamics and methods for studying change over time. A final chapter discusses approaches to network visualisation.
This is an excellent resource for researchers across the social sciences and for students of social theory and research methods.
This is an excellent resource for researchers across the social sciences and for students of social theory and research methods.
Reviews / Votes
From one of the most authoritative figures in Social Network Analysis (SNA), this book by John Scott presents another compelling reading on Social Network Studies. Audiences from diverse fields should find this book highly engaging and inspirational, covering SNA fundamentals and substantive applications in studies of a wide range of social phenomenonSong Yang
University of Arkansas
The key terms of social network analysis are explained in each chapter - density, centrality, [and] components like cliques... Special attention is put on the graph theory, but the role of gestalt theory, field theory, sociometry, group dynamics, and other scientific areas [are] also explained... The book could be recommended to the new comers in social network analysis, as well as to the readers with more familiarity with social network analysis.
Stanislava Stoyanova
Methodspace Book Reviews The book is an excellent resource that serves workers in SNA, whether a beginner or not, in this field, or in mathematical knowledge. It is an updated source and contains authentic resources. -- Nadia Idri
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 170 mm
Weight
385 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4462-0904-2 (9781446209042)
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John Scott is an Honorary Professor at the Universities of Essex, Exeter, and Copenhagen. He was formerly a professor of sociology at the Universities of Essex and Leicester, and pro-vice-chancellor for research at the University of Plymouth. He has been president of the British Sociological Association, Chair of the Sociology Section of the British Academy, and in 2013 was awarded the CBE for Services to Social Science. His work covers theoretical sociology, the history of sociology, elites and social stratification, and social network analysis. His most recent books include British Social Theory: Recovering Lost Traditions before 1950 (SAGE, 2018), Envisioning Sociology. Victor Branford, Patrick Geddes, and the Quest for Social Reconstruction (with Ray Bromley, SUNY Press, 2013), Objectivity and Subjectivity in Social Research (with Gayle Letherby and Malcolm Williams, SAGE, 2011).
Content
List of Figures
About the Author
Preface to the Third Edition
Networks and Relations
Relations and Attributes
The Analysis of Network Data
Interpretation of Network Data
An Overview
The Development of Social Network Analysis
Sociometric Analysis and Graph Theory
Interpersonal Configurations and Cliques
Towards Formal Models of Structure
The Harvard Breakthrough
Entry of the Social Physicists
Analyzing Relational Data
Collecting Relational Data
Selection and Sampling of Relational Data
Preparation of Relational Data
Organizing Relational Data
Lines, Neighbourhoods and Densities
Sociograms and Graph Theory
Density: Egocentric and Sociocentric
A Digression on Absolute Density
Community Structure and Density
Centrality, Peripherality and Centralization
Centrality: Local and Global
Centralization and Graph Centres
Bank Centrality in Corporate Networks
Components, Cores and Cliques
Components, Cycles and Knots
The Contours of Components
Cliques and Their Intersections
Components and Citation Circles
Positions, Sets, and Clusters
The Structural Equivalence of Points
Clusters: Combining and Dividing Points
Block Modeling with CONCOR
Towards Regular Structural Equivalence
Corporate Interlocks and Participations
Network Dynamics and Change over Time
Modeling Change in Network Structure
Testing Explanations
Dimensions and Displays
Distance, Space and Metrics
Principal Components and Factors
Non-Metric Methods
Advances in Network Visualization
Elites, Communities and Influence
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Preface to the Third Edition
Networks and Relations
Relations and Attributes
The Analysis of Network Data
Interpretation of Network Data
An Overview
The Development of Social Network Analysis
Sociometric Analysis and Graph Theory
Interpersonal Configurations and Cliques
Towards Formal Models of Structure
The Harvard Breakthrough
Entry of the Social Physicists
Analyzing Relational Data
Collecting Relational Data
Selection and Sampling of Relational Data
Preparation of Relational Data
Organizing Relational Data
Lines, Neighbourhoods and Densities
Sociograms and Graph Theory
Density: Egocentric and Sociocentric
A Digression on Absolute Density
Community Structure and Density
Centrality, Peripherality and Centralization
Centrality: Local and Global
Centralization and Graph Centres
Bank Centrality in Corporate Networks
Components, Cores and Cliques
Components, Cycles and Knots
The Contours of Components
Cliques and Their Intersections
Components and Citation Circles
Positions, Sets, and Clusters
The Structural Equivalence of Points
Clusters: Combining and Dividing Points
Block Modeling with CONCOR
Towards Regular Structural Equivalence
Corporate Interlocks and Participations
Network Dynamics and Change over Time
Modeling Change in Network Structure
Testing Explanations
Dimensions and Displays
Distance, Space and Metrics
Principal Components and Factors
Non-Metric Methods
Advances in Network Visualization
Elites, Communities and Influence
Notes
Bibliography
Index